CODE ASSURANCE

Is your codebase a liability or an asset?

Code quality and technical debt directly impact your cost, uptime, and time to market. Kickdrum Code Assurance is a manual and automated evaluation of maintainability, onboarding, key personnel, security, and open source risks.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Who are the key people, what is the risky code, and where are the productivity gaps that are driving up costs and affecting growth? Kickdrum Code Assurance helps you identify, understand, quantify, and continue to stay attuned to the risk associated with your codebases and developers.

HOW IT WORKS

Whether you’ve got a single product that is managed with version control or need multiple products inspected that all suffer from a lack of best practices, Kickdrum can usually get started with secure, read-only access to your source code and a 1-2 hour product and source code orientation. In most cases, full reports and remediation recommendations are delivered within 10 to 14 business days.

WHAT YOU LEARN

Whether evaluating deal risk or looking for security insights that could impact your business, Kickdrum Code Assurance include verbal readouts and written reports that cover:

  • Risks associated with code patterns and developers

  • License non-compliance

  • Security vulnerabilities

  • Remediation recommendations

  • Inventory exports

  • Open source risk reports

  • Option to investigate open source modifications

Millions

Lines of Code Reviewed

$20B+

Total Transaction Volume

98

Net Promoter Score

A Code Assurance Program Sized Right for You.

Kickdrum offers programs that include prescriptive guidance on remediation including budget and timing estimates. Most programs can be run either as a one-time assessment or a continuous assurance program.

TIMING

OUTPUT

AUDIENCE

FOCUS

One-Time Assessment

Designed to be executed during the time pressure of a transaction

Results clearly assess maturity and risk, and provide prescriptive guidance for mitigation

Reports are purpose-built for investment committees and boards

Insights focus on current state

Continuous Assurance

Run regularly or continuously to uncover trends and trajectory

Results clearly identify new risks, missing best practices, and prescriptive guidance for next steps

Reports are designed for inclusion in Board of Directors presentations

Insights focus on progress and trajectory towards goals and expectations

Offerings

PRODUCT SCOPE

CODE ORGANIZATION

Small

A product whose code is managed with version control and packaging best practices.

A single product
(unbundled app or API)

30 or fewer repositories,
folders, or projects

Large

A limited set of products managed with best practices, but increased open source usage and/or lack of package management.

Up to 3 products,
apps or APIs

More than 30 repositories,
folders, or projects

Custom

A broad set of products, unusually large codebases, or lack of best practices. These require additional scoping to determine effort and pricing.

Several products, or those built
within multiple organizations

An exceptional number of repositories,
folders, or projects

Learn why all Code Assurance customers have returned to Kickdrum for follow-on work.

WHY KICKDRUM