Tech Due Diligence Services

Investors and acquirers need to understand and mitigate all potential software-related risks at “deal speed” that also safeguards the confidentiality needs of the target.

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Software Risk Due Diligence for M&A Transactions

FossID has a long history of providing open source software audits for venture capital, private equity, and strategic acquirers. In addition to pioneering the blind audit technique that ensures audits are not only accurate, but fast and confidential, FossID offers a range of Technical Due Diligence (TDD) services that cover many dimensions of software risk: legal, security, quality, and scalability.

Open Source Audits

An Open Source Audit evaluates an application’s use of open source software and other third-party components including source-available and commercially licensed code to identify security vulnerabilities, outdated dependencies, and licensing risks so you can reduce potential legal, security and operational liabilities.

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Open Source Insights

An Open Source Insights is a fast, 1- to 2-day turnaround report that gives acquirers immediate feedback on potential open source software risk in a target codebase providing flexibility to reduce overall time and spend associated with due diligence.

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SAST Code Review

A SAST (Static Application Security Testing) Code Review identifies security vulnerabilities and weaknesses in an application’s source code before it is deployed to ensure security flaws are addressed early in development so that you can reduce risk of vulnerabilities in production.

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Application Penetration Testing

An Application Penetration Test simulates real-world attacks to identify vulnerabilities and security weaknesses in an application to ensure that critical risks are discovered and addressed so the application is protected from potential exploitation. We also offer a Code-Assisted Application Penetration Testing for more directed, advanced testing techniques.

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Third-Party API Risk Audits

A Third-Party API Risk Audit inspects the security, reliability, and compliance of external APIs used by an application to identify risks such as data privacy, service dependencies, and terms of service compliance so that external APIs do not introduce vulnerabilities or operational disruptions.

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Code Quality Audit

A Code Quality Audit inspects the overall health and efficiency of a codebase by measuring complexity, readability, and compliance with best practices to ensure the code is robust and efficient so that it can support future development and operational needs. We also provide an Observability & Monitoring Assessment and a Code Governance & Maintainability Assessment.

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