Manage open source application risk
Developers rely on open source packages to build applications at speed—but if you can’t proactively manage open source components and dependencies, your organization is at risk.
Challenges
Speed at the cost of security
AppSec teams are between a rock and a hard place as they try to secure open source code in applications that are produced in ever-shortening development cycles.
Constant OSS updates
Open source packages are constantly updated, making it hard to find accurate, up-to-date information about vulnerabilities.
Time-strapped teams
AppSec teams forced to use outmoded legacy tools to manage vulnerabilities and updates across thousands—or tens of thousands—of packages can’t keep up.
Opportunity for hackers
This opens up an enticing opportunity for cybercriminals, who see open source packages as a rich source of exploitable vulnerabilities and vehicles for creating malicious packages.
Opportunities
Prevent. Prioritize. Automate.
The key is to give developers and AppSec teams exactly the tools they need to not only remediate effectively, but also reduce the number of issues introduced in the first place—all while helping them work together.
Automated dependency updates
Alert devs within their own environment, with actionable information like info on vulnerable code, data flows, and training resources.
Spotlight experience
To rapidly identify and mitigate high-risk vulnerabilities, developers must quickly narrow down what matters most—which means time is crucial. One important element of that is to provide developers an embedded experience that highlights what’s critical.
Supply chain malware protection
With malicious package attacks an increasing presence in OSS registries, sniffing out threats like protestware, data stealers, and crypto miners is essential to protecting your application.
The solution
Mend SCA
Mend SCA identifies, maps, and analyzes open source vulnerabilities, enabling you to prioritize remediations based on application and enterprise risk.
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“One of our most indicative KPIs is the amount of time for us to remediate vulnerabilities and also the amount of time developers spend fixing vulnerabilities in our code base, which has reduced significantly. We’re talking about at least 80% reduction in time.”
“When the product you sell is an application you develop, your teams need to be fast, secure and compliant. These three factors often work in opposite directions. Mend provides the opportunity to align these often competing factors, providing Vonage with an advantage in a very competitive marketplace.”
“The biggest value we get out of Mend is the fast feedback loop, which enables our developers to respond rapidly to any vulnerability or license issues. When a vulnerability or a license is disregarded or blocked, and there is a policy violation, they get the feedback directly.”
