Code quality and SAST, operated and governed

Buying a scanner is not operating governed code quality.

The scanner is the easy part. Left to run itself, rules drift between teams, gates get bypassed under deadline pressure, and the evidence of what was scanned and what merged is scattered across tools. When an auditor asks how code quality is controlled, a license key is not an answer.

Evidence on every scan.

• Policy enforced gates on every merge: the gate configuration is policy-as-code, so what your risk function approved is what actually runs.
• Tamper evident evidence on every scan: what was scanned, which gates it passed, and what merged on whose approval.
• Part of one governed SDLC: code quality evidence lands in the same governed record as the rest of your delivery pipeline.

Four questions before the scoping call.

What is SAST?

SAST (static application security testing) analyzes source code for security vulnerabilities before the code runs, inside the development pipeline rather than in production. Operated well, it runs on every merge with policy enforced gates, so findings block risky changes instead of piling up in a backlog.

Do you replace SonarQube or operate it?

We operate it. Forge runs your existing scanners, including SonarQube, inside your governed SDLC rather than ripping them out. You keep the tooling your teams know; Forge adds the operations, the policy enforced gates, and the evidence.

How are quality gates enforced?

Quality and security gates run as policy enforced pipeline controls on every merge, not as manual review steps that drift or get bypassed under deadline pressure. The gate configuration is policy-as-code, so what your risk function approved is what actually runs.

What evidence is produced?

Tamper evident evidence on every scan: what was scanned, which gates it passed or failed, and what was merged on whose approval. The evidence is part of one governed SDLC, structured so auditors can accept it without reconstruction work.