Kiuwan for Developers (K4D) for MS Visual Studio is a plug-in for Visual Studio that facilitates and automates compliance with security normatives, quality standards and best practices for several languages.
Kiuwan for Developers monitors and reports on security and quality issues of your code at the point that it is written. This immediate feedback provides you with the opportunity to fix/improve your code before it is delivered.
This plugin connects with Kiuwan and harness the power of its security and quality models to prevent vulnerabilities and errors.
K4D is supported in VisualStudio 2015 and 2017
Installation
First, you need to configure the Kiuwan Gallery to download K4D for VS from Kiuwan.
In Visual Studio, go to Tools >> Options
Open Environment >> Extension and Updates and Add a new one with URL: https://www.kiuwan.com/pub/vsgallery/atom.xml
After Apply and OK, got to Tools >> Extensions and Updates..
Select Online >> Kiuwan Gallery
Click Download. Next, you need to close VS to K4D to be installed.
Click Modify and K4D is downloaded and installed.
Configuration
After installation, you need to configure K4D to connect to Kiuwan. Please, remember that you need to have a valid Kiuwan Account.
Go to Tools >> Options and select Kiuwan for Visual Studio >> Connection properties
Please, Check credentials before apply changes.
Mapping your VS Project to Kiuwan Application
After K4D is installed, you are ready to map your VS project to a Kiuwan application.
This action will allow synchronizing defects and vulnerabilities found by Kiuwan to your source code, being ready to work on fixing the issues.
To map your VS project to Kiuwan, right-click on your project and select Kiuwan Project Properties.
A dialog will open with a combo of available applications where you can select the application that matches your project in the Kiuwan account.
Kiuwan Defects List
Once mapped, you can open Kiuwan Defects List by selecting View >> Other Windows >> Kiuwan Defects Window
Kiuwan Defect List window will open and you can dock it to your VS layout.
Once it’s docked, double-clicking on a defect will open the file and select the line of the defect.
Refreshing Defects List
To be sure you are working on the last list of defects found by Kiuwan, you need to manually refresh the defect list.
Clicking on 
icon will update Kiuwan Defects List to the latest contents of Kiuwan servers.
Configuring the Contents of Defects List
Clicking on 
icon will allow to configure the Contents of Kiuwan Defects List.
Configuring the Filters of Defects List
Clicking on 
icon will allow to configure Filters on Kiuwan Defect List.
Support and Troubleshooting
If you experience problems with the Kiuwan plugin for Eclipse, you can read Kiuwan Documentation to find a solution, or if you prefer you can collect troubleshooting information and send it to us.
Visit Contact Kiuwan Technical Support on how to contact us. We will address your problem as soon as possible.