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Implementing DevSecOps Practices
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Implementing DevSecOps Practices

by Vandana Verma Sehgal
December 2023
Intermediate to advanced
258 pages
7h 4m
English
Packt Publishing
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Software Composition Analysis (SCA)

Third-party dependencies are one of the biggest concerns when we deal with code. 80% to 90% of the software code contains third-party dependencies or libraries (reference: https://snyk.io/reports/open-source-security). These dependencies come with their own issues and benefits. In this chapter, software composition analysis (SCA) and its uses will be discussed. We will also cover the free and open source tools surrounding SCA. We will cover the following topics:

  • What is SCA?
  • The importance of SCA
  • The benefits of SCA
  • Detecting security flaws
  • Discussing past breaches
  • Open source SCA tools

What is SCA?

SCA is like a dedicated quality assurance team that covers security and compliance for your software’s ingredients. ...

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