> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.aikido.dev/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices.md).

# Scanning Best Practices

- [Access Control Checks](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/enhancing-security-with-access-control-checks.md)
- [Custom Rules Overview](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/custom-rules.md)
- [Custom Code Context for SAST Rules](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/custom-code-context-for-sast-rules.md)
- [Add Custom SAST & IaC Rules](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/add-custom-sast-iac-rules.md)
- [External Vulnerability Databases Used in Our SCA Engine](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/external-vulnerability-databases-used-in-our-sca-engine.md)
- [Custom Vulnerabilities](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/custom-vulnerabilities.md): Define vulnerabilities for internal or private packages that are not in public CVE databases.
- [Support for Dependency Scanning by Language (SCA)](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/support-for-dependency-scanning-by-language.md)
- [C/C++ Lockfile-Less Scanning](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/c-c-lockfile-less-scanning.md)
- [Java/Scala/Kotlin Projects Using Gradle: Security Scanning Best Practices](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/java-scala-kotlin-projects-using-gradle-security-scanning-best-practices.md)
- [Python Projects: Security Scanning Best Practices](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/python-projects-security-scanning-best-practices.md)
- [NET Projects: Security Scanning Best Practices](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/net-projects-security-scanning-best-practices.md)
- [Scala: Dependency Management and Scanning for build.sbt](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/scala-dependency-management-and-scanning-for-buildsbt.md)
- [Vulnerability Scanning on Private Packages - Maven](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/vulnerability-scanning-on-private-packages-maven.md)
- [Scanning Dev Dependencies for CVEs](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/scanning-dev-dependencies-for-cves.md)
- [Malware Detection in Open-Source Dependencies and Containers](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/malware-detection-in-open-source-dependencies.md)
- [Live Secret Detection](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/live-secret-detection.md)
- [Configure scanning with .aikido files](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/ignore-via-code-with-aikido-files.md)
- [Ignoring Secrets via Code Comments](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/ignoring-secrets-via-code-comments.md)
- [Excluding SAST Findings Using Comments](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/excluding-sast-findings-using-comments.md)
- [Dependency Scanning for Bazel](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/dependency-scanning-for-bazel.md)
- [Multi-File / Cross-File Vulnerability Tracing](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/multifile-vulnerability-tracing.md)
- [Denoise via SAST AutoTriage](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/sast-autotriage.md)
- [Denoise via Secret Keyword Filter](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/denoise-via-secret-keyword-filter.md)
- [SAST/IaC: Supported Languages and Security Focus](https://help.aikido.dev/code-scanning/scanning-practices/sast-by-aikido-supported-languages-and-security-focus.md)


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