Suppressing issues

You can suppress issues that are either fixed or that you do not plan to fix. Suppression marks the issue, and all future discoveries of this issue as suppressed. As such, it is a semi-permanent marking of a vulnerability.

To suppress an issue:

1. From a folder in the Fortify Remediation window, select one or more issues.

2. On the Audit or Bulk Audit tab, click Suppress.

3. (Optional) In the Suppress Issues dialog box, describe the reason for suppressing the issue.

4. Click OK to confirm the issue suppression.

To unsuppress an issue:

1. Make sure that suppressed issues are visible.

   To display issues that have been suppressed, see Customizing Issue Visibility.

2. From a folder in the Fortify Remediation window, select one or more suppressed issues.

3. On the Audit or Bulk Audit tab, click Unsuppress.

4. (Optional) In the Suppress Issues dialog box, describe the reason for unsuppressing the issue.

5. Click OK to confirm the issue unsuppression.