# Which are the main Indicators provided by Kiuwan?



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## Comments
### Comment 1

 Kiuwan provides indicators for:

Software characteristics
Security, efficiency, maintainability, reliability and portability

Global Indicator
It is calculated as weighted average of the above software characteristics through a complex algorithm that has into account the severity of the defects, the weight of the category in which the defect is, the analyzed code volume and the criticality of the language for Kiuwan user. Kiuwan allows to “customize” this algorithm by modifying its level of demand, the weights of the category and the priority of the rules.

Effort to Target
The amount of work effort needed to reach the defined goal. Objectives are defined at application level. These objectives are configurable. CQM has a repair effort assigned for each one of the more than 4,000 rules it incorporates. The sum of the repair efforts of each defect indicates the time needed to reach the targets.

Risk Index
It is a summary index that concentrates all evidence found in the application source code and could be understood as the risk associated to the software defects found related to defined goals and effort to reach them. See below for further details. 

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## Related Product
[Kiuwan Code Security & Insights](https://www.g2.com/products/kiuwan-code-security-insights/reviews)

## Related Category
[Static Code Analysis](https://www.g2.com/categories/static-code-analysis)

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