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Executive Summary

This is a sample report of an actual assessment of critical software applications using ISO-based, machine-generated intelligence from CAST.

Key findings include

  • Open-source related IP and legal risks. Cloud readiness status.
  • Insight into structural resiliency, security, efficiency, maintainability per ISO 5055.
  • Insight into architectural flaws and suggested remediation.
  • Post-deal value creation opportunities for faster knowledge transfer, integration, application modernization, and cloud migration.
  • Financial implications and recommendations.

Fact-based Technology Due Diligence

This sample report shows how CAST supports fact-based technology due diligence and application portfolio assessment for investment decisions and mergers and acquisitions, using automated code intelligence rather than interviews or subjective reviews.

Apply ISO 5055 structural-quality rules to assess software reliability, security, efficiency, and maintainability, and reduce post-deal surprises.

Produce a complete software bill of materials (own code, open source, third-party components) and highlight legal exposure, security risk, and component obsolescence.

Quantify technical debt and translate findings into remediation actions with estimated effort, including action plans for vulnerabilities and open-source risk.

Assess cloud maturity, modernization blockers, and opportunities to reduce maintenance and infrastructure costs (including environmental impact opportunities).

Illustrate real-world usage of CAST in due diligence by organizations such as Cerved and FTI Consulting, emphasizing faster, more objective assessments without moving code off premises.