Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

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The reality is that SAST, DAST, and other application security testing tools cannot effectively detect open source vulnerabilities. Enter SCA. The key differentiator between SCA and other application security tools is what these tools analyze, and in what state. SCA analyzes third-party open source code for vulnerabilities, licenses, and operational factors, while SAST analyzes weaknesses in proprietary code, and DAST tests running applications for vulnerable behavior.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “Do you need both SAST and software composition analysis?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “A comprehensive software security program contains both SAST and SCA. Organizations that adopt such an approach see improvements throughout the SDLC, including improved quality through early identification of issues, better visibility across proprietary and open source code, lower remediation costs by detecting and fixing vulnerabilities early in the development process, minimized risk of security breaches, and optimized security testing that is both effective and compatible with agile development.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “What integrations does Black Duck support?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Black Duck offers easy-to-use open source integrations for the most popular development tools and REST APIs, allowing you to build your own integrations for virtually any commercial or custom development environment. Black Duck offers a wide range of integrations across the SDLC, including IDEs, package managers, CI/CD, issue trackers, and production capabilities.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “Where does Black Duck’s vulnerability information come from?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Most solutions rely solely on data from the National Vulnerability Database (NVD). This limitation presents a problem, as many vulnerabilities are never documented in the NVD, and others are not listed until weeks after they become public. Black Duck Security Advisories (BDSAs) go beyond the NVD, with enhanced data that is researched and analyzed by the Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC) to ensure completeness and accuracy, providing early warning and complete insight.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “Why should I care about scanning for more than declared dependencies?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Most solutions use package manager declarations to identify open source components. But failing to scan for more than declared dependencies guarantees that you’ll miss some open source. And if you don’t know it’s there, you can’t ensure it’s secure and compliant. Package manager scanning will overlook open source that developers don’t declare in package manifests, languages like C and C++, open source built into containers where no package manager is used, open source that has been modified, or partial snippets of code that still carry license obligations. By combining file system scanning and snippet scanning with build process monitoring, Black Duck provides visibility into open source components not tracked by a package manager, partial open source, and open source that was potentially modified or not declared, as well as component and version verification for dynamic and transitive dependencies.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “What should I look for in a software composition analysis solution?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “The short answer is an extensive and powerful solution that provides end-to-end control of open source risks. A solution like Black Duck provides a comprehensive approach to open source management throughout the entire SDLC. More specifically, the following capabilities should be considered when selecting an SCA solution: comprehensive scanning beyond what is declared; a persistent Bill of Materials; policy, workflow, and SDLC integrations; a robust vulnerability database that goes beyond the NVD; license compliance functionality; and monitoring and alerting.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “What languages and platforms does Black Duck support?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Black Duck supports the most common package managers. Black Duck’s snippet scanning covers the top and most frequently used languages. The expert KnowledgeBase team is constantly monitoring for and adding new languages, ensuring that all common languages are supported. Additionally, Black Duck’s proprietary signature scanning approach is language-agnostic. This scanning approach searches for signatures based on file and directory layouts along with other metadata that is independent of language. Contact us for the most current list of supported languages and platforms.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “Does SCA support binary code in addition to source code?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Yes. Some solutions can scan binaries for package manager information or binaries pulled directly from a repository without any modification. Black Duck’s sophisticated binary scanning solution can crack binaries open to detect modified binaries and provide legacy language and broad artifact support.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “How comprehensive is Black Duck’s licensing data in the KnowledgeBase?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Black Duck’s open source KnowledgeBase is the industry’s most comprehensive database of open source project, license, and security information, sourced and curated by the Cybersecurity Research Center (CyRC). The KnowledgeBase contains more than 2,750 unique open source licenses (GPL, LGPL, Apache, etc.), with full license text for the most popular open source licenses and dozens of encoded attributes and obligations for each license. Black Duck also includes deep copyright data and the ability to pull out embedded open source licenses for complete open source compliance.” } }, { “@type”: “Question”, “name”: “Does Black Duck scan containers?”, “acceptedAnswer”: { “@type”: “Answer”, “text”: “Yes. Black Duck allows teams that package and deliver applications using Docker (and other) containers to confirm and attest that any open source in their containers meets use and security policies, is free of vulnerabilities, and fulfills license obligations. Open source management includes ongoing monitoring for new vulnerabilities affecting existing applications and containers.” } } ] }