About quick scan mode

Quick scan mode provides a way to quickly scan your projects for critical- and high-priority issues. OpenText SAST performs the scan faster by reducing the depth of the analysis and applying the Quick View filter set. The quick scan settings are configurable. For more details about the configuration of quick scan mode, see the OpenText™ Static Application Security Testing User Guide.

Quick scans are a great way to get many applications through an assessment so that you can quickly find issues and begin remediation. The performance improvement you get depends on the complexity and size of the application. Although the scan is faster than a full scan, it does not provide as robust a result set. Other issues that a quick scan cannot detect might exist in your application. OpenText recommends that you run full scans whenever possible.

By default, Fortify Software Security Center does not allow you to upload scans performed in quick scan mode. However, you can configure your Fortify Software Security Center application version so that uploaded audit projects scanned in quick scan mode are processed. For more information, see analysis results processing rules in the OpenText™ Application Security User Guide.

You can use quick scan mode for scans that use a locally installed OpenText SAST. Audit quick scan results just as you audit full analysis results. To configure your scan to run in full scan or quick scan mode, see Configuring Advanced Local Analysis Options.