SAST
Abbreviation with 2 meanings
| Stands for | South African Standard Time |
|---|---|
| Meanings | 2 |
| Categories | Units & Measurements, Technology & Computing |
SAST has two meanings. It stands for South African Standard Time (time zone) or Static application security testing (cybersecurity).
Meanings of SAST at a glance
| # | SAST stands for | Context |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South African Standard Time | Units & Measurements › Time Zone |
| 2 | Static application security testing | Technology & Computing › Cybersecurity |
1. South African Standard Time
Units & Measurements · Time Zone Abbreviations
Single year-round zone of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini, two hours ahead of UTC. South Africa has not used daylight saving since 1944.
Example: The Springboks kick off at 17:00 SAST in Johannesburg.
South Africa observed daylight saving only during World War II, from 1942 to 1944. SAST matches Central Africa Time and Eastern European winter time, which makes calls between Johannesburg and Europe easy during the northern winter.
2. Static application security testing
Technology & Computing · Cybersecurity Abbreviations
Analyzing source code, bytecode or binaries for security flaws without running the program, finding issues such as injection, hard-coded secrets and unsafe functions early in development.
Example: SAST flagged a SQL query built by string concatenation in the login handler.
Tools include Semgrep, SonarQube, Checkmarx and GitHub CodeQL. Static analysis points to exact lines of code but produces false positives and misses problems that appear only at runtime, so it is paired with dynamic testing. Also called white-box testing.
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