eXplain

eXplain

PKS Software
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About

Kiuwan is an end-to-end application security platform that integrates seamlessly into your development process. Our toolset includes Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Software Composition Analysis (SCA), Software Governance and Code Quality, empowering your team to quickly identify and remediate vulnerabilities. Integrating into your CI/CD pipeline, Kiuwan enables early detection and remediation of security issues. Kiuwan supports strict compliance with industry standards including OWASP, CWE, MISRA, NIST, PCI DSS, and CERT, among others. ✅ Large language support: 30+ programming languages. ✅ Detailed action plans: Prioritize remediation with tailored action plans. ✅ Code Security: Seamless Static Application Security Testing (SAST) integration. ✅ Insights: On-demand or continuous scanning Software Composition Analysis (SCA) to help reduce third-party threats. ✅ One-click Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) generation Code Smarter. Secure Faster. Ship Sooner.

About

eXplain is a specialized code-analysis and legacy-system evaluation tool from PKS Software GmbH, designed to deeply analyze, map, document, and assess legacy applications, especially on mainframe platforms such as IBM i (AS/400) and IBM Z, so organizations can understand what lives in their software, how it’s structured, and what parts are worth keeping, refactoring or retiring. It imports existing source code into an independent “eXplain server”, no need to install anything on the host system, then uses advanced parsers to examine languages like COBOL, PL/I, Assembler, Natural, RPG, JCL, and others, along with data about databases (Db2, Adabas, IMS), job-schedulers, transaction monitors, and more. eXplain builds a central repository that becomes a knowledge hub; from there, it generates cross-language dependency graphs, data-flow maps, interface analyses, clusterings of related modules, and detailed object-and-resource usage reports.

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Platforms Supported

Windows
Mac
Linux
Cloud
On-Premises
iPhone
iPad
Android
Chromebook

Audience

Financial institutions, Insurance Companies, Healthcare, Cyber Security, Investment Platforms, Transaction Services, ECommerce

Audience

IT organizations, architects, and software-maintenance teams seeking a tool to modernize, refactor, or safely retire legacy systems

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

Support

Phone Support
24/7 Live Support
Online

API

Offers API

API

Offers API

Screenshots and Videos

Screenshots and Videos

Pricing

For both Code Security and Insights pricing is accessible on request, scans and continuous scanning is available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Pricing

No information available.
Free Version
Free Trial

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 4.5 / 5
ease 4.7 / 5
features 4.2 / 5
design 4.3 / 5
support 3.7 / 5

Reviews/Ratings

Overall 0.0 / 5
ease 0.0 / 5
features 0.0 / 5
design 0.0 / 5
support 0.0 / 5

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Pros & Cons from Real Users

Pros

  • The number of languages supported. The white-labeled branding capability. The relatively good ease of use. Customer interface, access to run analysis and review reports.
  • The product is very easy to use. I was asked to try this out with not much information and was able to get the first scan in with not much struggle at all.
  • We find very valuable to allow Kiuwan integrate with our development lifecycle (CI/CD) and we don't have to google or find fixes since it recommends fixes and tells you exactly where to find the issue within the code.
  • Very accurate analysis provided by Kiuwan on code risks. The best is that Kiuwan even provides the recommended fix which makes the remediation process easier and faster.
  • I've tried some products (even free like Snyk) and Kiuwan provides a full picture of static code risks and vulnerabilities. It allows team to improve code security and development practices.

Cons

  • Confusing administration with challenging setup. No ability to export mute, notes, and comments. No way to export and remove an application and re-import the results, mutes, notes back into the portal. There should be a setup timing of allowing an application to be reviewed for 15 or 30 days before data is stale and should be removed. Need a comparison to the previous quarter, month, or year's results. This will show maturity and improvement over time.
  • I think a bit more customization in how to select the source for scanning would be great (exclude/include pattern, different set of rules for different source types, etc).
  • False positives take time to turn off since its a manual process and the tools somehow lacks intelligence to detect whether the issue is real or not (e.g. hardcoded passwords are the most likely under this).
  • If they had to improve I'd suggest working on support. Sometimes support takes time to get back. Also, we've gone through platform upgrades and we weren't notified and broke our development cycles. Would be good to improve customer notifications somehow.
  • It's not a CON being honest but would be nice if they could offer something to scan infrastructure like Tenable.sc does.

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Training

Documentation
Webinars
Live Online
In Person

Company Information

Kiuwan
Founded: 2012
Spain
www.kiuwan.com

Company Information

PKS Software
Founded: 1991
Germany
www.pks.de/en/kompetenzen/software-analyse-explain

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Categories

Categories

Static Code Analysis Features

Analytics / Reporting
Code Standardization / Validation
Multiple Programming Language Support
Provides Recommendations
Standard Security/Industry Libraries
Vulnerability Management

IT Security Features

Anti Spam
Anti Virus
Email Attachment Protection
Event Tracking
Internet Usage Monitoring
Intrusion Detection System
IP Protection
Spyware Removal
Two-Factor Authentication
Vulnerability Scanning
Web Threat Management
Web Traffic Reporting

Vulnerability Scanners Features

Asset Discovery
Black Box Scanning
Compliance Monitoring
Continuous Monitoring
Defect Tracking
Interactive Scanning
Logging and Reporting
Network Mapping
Perimeter Scanning
Risk Analysis
Threat Intelligence
Web Inspection

Integrations

C
C++
COBOL
HTML
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
SQL
Bitbucket
C#
CLion
CloudBees
IBM Db2
JavaScript
OWASP Threat Dragon
Objective-C
Oracle SQL Developer
PhpStorm
PostgreSQL
ThreadFix

Integrations

C
C++
COBOL
HTML
IBM Z
IBM i
Java
SQL
Bitbucket
C#
CLion
CloudBees
IBM Db2
JavaScript
OWASP Threat Dragon
Objective-C
Oracle SQL Developer
PhpStorm
PostgreSQL
ThreadFix
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