Automated security tools are often criticized for generating excessive noise and failing to understand the specific context of a bespoke application. At Whirly Labs, we address this by developing and maintaining custom automation that is specifically calibrated to your technology stack and architectural patterns.

Our foundation in this space is unique: we are part of the team behind Joern, the industry-standard open-source tool for code analysis and vulnerability discovery. This deep expertise in program analysis allows us to build semi-automated pipelines that identify complex vulnerabilities which generic scanners simply cannot see.

Our approach to Security Automation does not rely on generic, out-of-the-box scanners. Instead, we build semi-automated pipelines that assist in the discovery of complex vulnerabilities, allowing your engineering team to maintain its focus on feature delivery while we manage the underlying security mechanics.

Custom Tooling Built on Program Analysis Expertise

We do not rely on “black-box” commercial software. Instead, we leverage our experience as the creators of Joern to build high-signal, low-friction tools that are integrated into your existing development environment.

• Bespoke Static Analysis: We develop custom rules and graph-based queries to detect domain-specific vulnerabilities and business logic flaws that commercial tools frequently overlook.

• Deep Data Flow Automation: Using the advanced taint tracking capabilities of Joern, we build automated monitors to track the movement of untrusted data through your system, highlighting potential injection points in real-time.

• Vulnerability Modeling: We translate complex, high-level security threats into precise automated checks, ensuring that once a bug class is identified, it is never reintroduced into your codebase.

The Semi-Automated Advantage

Purely automated security is prone to false positives, while purely manual review is difficult to scale. Whirly Labs utilizes a semi-automated methodology to provide a superior alternative:

• Automated Discovery: Our custom tools perform the heavy lifting, scanning complex configurations and vast codebases for patterns of insecurity using sophisticated graph representations.

• Expert Verification: Our security researchers—the same individuals building the analysis engines—manually review the output. We verify every finding to ensure that only legitimate, actionable risks are reported to your team.

• Iterative Refinement: We use the insights from our manual reviews to constantly tune our automated scripts, increasing their precision and reducing noise over the life of the engagement.