About scanning locally

This section describes how to perform a scan of your source code on the local system. In the analysis configuration, you can specify how much memory to use during the scans, the SQL type, select the security content you want to use, whether you want to scan in quick scan mode, and other advanced scanning options. You can also synchronize the analysis results with Fortify Software Security Center.

OpenText strongly recommends that you periodically update the security content, which contains Secure Coding Rulepacks and external metadata. For information about how to update the security content, see Updating Fortify Security Content.

This section contains the following topics: