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  • Keycloak Migration Guide

    ACTION REQUIRED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3RD 2026 Keycloak Migration Guide The CAST Highlight portal is being migrated to a new authentication system based on Keycloak,…

  • Action Required: Upgrading to our new authentication system

    ACTION REQUIRED EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 3RD 2026 Upgrading to our new authentication system As part of our platform upgrade of core components, CAST Highlight is…

  • Feature Focus: Continuous Improvement Tracker

    Feature Focus: Continuous Improvement Tracker

    Are you tired of feeling lost in a maze when it comes to governing your application portfolio? Like a person wandering through a labyrinth,…

  • Indicators & Methodology: Changes in CAST Highlight’s default open source license risk profile

    Indicators & Methodology: Changes in CAST Highlight’s default open source license risk profile

    Now that CAST Highlight enables users to leverage license rulebooks for automatically building their license risk profiles , the default license risk profile in…

  • Using a Cloud-based Blockchain technology

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  • Feature Focus: how to use the SCA browser extension

    [vc_row][vc_column width=”1/1″][vc_column_text]Get Open Source component information (vulnerabilities, license risk, allow/deny status, available versions, etc.) directly in Chromium-based browsers when visiting repository pages on npmjs,…

  • Avoid launching OS-specific sub-processes from code

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=PROCESS MANAGEMENT” style=”outline” color=”primary” i_align=”right” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-cloud” add_icon=”true”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] Avoid launching OS-specific sub-processes from code [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] Cloud/PaaS applications must be OS-agnostic as…

  • Avoid using deprecated MySQL commands

    [vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”EXECUTION ENVIRONMENT” style=”outline” color=”sky” i_icon_fontawesome=”fa fa-cloud” add_icon=”true”][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] Avoid using deprecated MySQL commands [/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=”12px”][vc_column_text] This pattern verifies in source code (.php) the…

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    Using “instanceOf” causes Production Risk

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    Incorrect dynamic class definition can be non-resilient

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