Find the security holes before they ship

What is code scanning?

Code scanning is the automated inspection of your software's source code and its dependencies to find security holes, bad patterns and known vulnerabilities before they reach real users. It reads the code the way an attacker would, looking for the weaknesses that lead to data leaks, account takeovers and downtime.

Varsuite scans every codebase we touch at two points: before it ships, so nothing risky goes live, and on a regular schedule afterwards, because new vulnerabilities are discovered in libraries you already use.

AI agents run the scans quickly and a UK human team reviews what comes back, separating the real risks from the noise so you get a clear list of what actually matters.

What does a code scan look for?

A scan looks for the recurring categories of weakness that cause most real-world incidents, not just typos. The aim is to catch the issues that are easy to introduce and expensive to discover late.

Typical findings include:

• Injection flaws such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting
• Hard-coded passwords, API keys and secrets left in the code
• Known vulnerabilities in third-party libraries and packages
• Insecure authentication, sessions and access controls
• Bad patterns that quietly invite bugs and security gaps
• Out-of-date dependencies that no longer receive security fixes

We focus on findings you can act on. Every result our team forwards comes with what it is, why it matters and what to do about it.

Why scan on a schedule after launch?

Because code that was safe on launch day can become vulnerable later, even if nobody changes a line of it. New vulnerabilities are published constantly, and many sit inside the third-party libraries your software depends on.

A scheduled scan catches these as they emerge, so you hear about a serious dependency vulnerability from us rather than from an attacker or a customer. It is the difference between a quiet update and an emergency.

Scheduled scanning works hand in hand with our Security Monitoring service, which watches your live systems for active threats while code scanning keeps the underlying code clean.

How does Varsuite run a code scan?

We scan the codebase, our AI agents flag every potential issue, and a UK human team reviews the results before anything reaches you. You are never handed a raw, thousand-line report to interpret on your own.

First we point our tooling at your repository and dependencies and run a full scan. The AI sorts and prioritises what it finds, then our team checks each significant finding, removes false alarms and writes a plain explanation of the real risks.

Where a scan turns up a problem, we can fix it through our Software Development work, and our Testing & QA service adds functional and load testing so security and reliability are covered together.

Do you scan code you did not build?

Yes. We scan codebases we built, codebases inherited from a previous developer and software handed over without much documentation. You do not need to have built it with us to have it scanned.

Inherited code is often where the biggest surprises hide, because nobody currently working on it knows what shortcuts were taken. A scan gives you an honest picture of what you are actually running.

If the scan reveals deeper problems, we will tell you plainly and explain the options, from a focused fix to a structured improvement plan through our ongoing Management service.

How does pricing work for code scanning?

A £100 deposit secures most work, and the balance is due only when you approve the finished result. You see the scan output and our review before you settle up.

For ongoing protection, scheduled scanning sits inside an affordable monthly care plan, so your code is re-checked regularly without you having to remember to ask. You can step in and out of care as it suits you.

We quote clearly before any work starts, so you know what the scan covers and what you are paying for.