GitLab Advanced SAST: Smarter, Faster Security Testing for Modern DevSecOps

Introducing Advanced SAST: Faster and Smarter Static Application Security Testing

GitLab continues to enhance the software development lifecycle with the introduction of Advanced SAST, a major upgrade to static application security testing that delivers greater performance, accuracy, and security insights. With Advanced SAST, development teams benefit from significantly faster scan times and more precise vulnerability detection, helping them shift security left more effectively.

Powered by a modern architecture and GitLab Secure scanners rewritten in Go and Rust, Advanced SAST achieves a performance boost of up to 80% compared to traditional scanners. This optimised design supports real-time feedback and better aligns with agile and DevSecOps workflows. Security scanning no longer bottlenecks development, enabling teams to focus on rapid innovation without sacrificing safety.

Advanced SAST also improves accuracy through smarter pattern recognition, eliminating a greater number of false positives. It introduces native containerised execution, ensuring a consistent developer experience across environments and simplifying scanner deployment and management. Additionally, it supports popular languages and frameworks including Java, JavaScript, Python, Go, and more—offering extensive security coverage for modern applications.

For organisations using GitLab Ultimate or Premium with the Secure add-on, Advanced SAST is easy to enable. It’s also designed with extensibility in mind, making it an ideal solution for compliance-driven teams seeking reliable and adaptable security at scale.

As a GitLab Select Partner, IDEA GitLab Solutions is ready to help you adopt Advanced SAST and integrate it meaningfully into your workflows. We provide expert consulting services, licence sales and implementation support across the United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, North Macedonia, with remote team support from Israel, South Africa, and Paraguay. Contact us to learn how we can accelerate your DevSecOps journey with GitLab’s Advanced SAST.

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