An application security analyst at a software company is assessing a new software application before its release to customers. Before deciding on the best approach for the assessment, the analyst recalls that there are different methods of analysis to evaluate the software's security posture. The analyst wants to assess the software's running state to identify potential vulnerabilities during its execution. Considering the preference to evaluate the software in its running state and identify vulnerabilities during execution, which type of examination should the analyst primarily rely on$?$