Patent ID: 9158558
Filing Date: 2015-10-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing application manifest information, the computer-implemented method comprising: analyzing source code of a software application by at least one of searching and scanning the source code; while analyzing the source code, detecting that the source code is programmed to access a computer resource, wherein the computer resource comprises at least one of a security-related application programming interface and security-related data; determining a security implication of the source code being programmed to access the computer resource by: in response to determining that the security analysis tool would assign the source code the score categorized as low: alerting a developer of the source code that the programmed access may result in the score categorized as low; prompting modification of the source code to limit access scope in a manner that will result in an improved security analysis score by presenting a remediation option;