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. 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 ignores uploaded scans performed in quick scan mode. However, you can configure your Fortify Software Security Center application version so that it processes uploaded audit projects scanned in quick scan mode. For more information, see the 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 analysis results just as you audit full analysis results. To perform a quick scan, see Configuring Advanced Scan Options.