DevSecOps integrates security into the DevOps process, ensuring vulnerabilities are detected and mitigated early in the development lifecycle. Below are recommended tools for securing code, dependencies, containers, and APIs.
Overview:
Snyk helps developers find and fix vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code (IaC). It integrates with Git repositories, CI/CD pipelines, and container registries.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
snyk auth
snyk test
snyk monitor
Overview: Veracode provides application security testing (SAST, DAST, and more) as a service. It helps identify flaws in proprietary code, open-source libraries, and running applications.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
veracode scan --app-name "MyApp" --create-profile --file ./target/app.jar
Overview: Trivy by Aqua Security is a simple and comprehensive vulnerability scanner for containers, filesystems, and Git repositories.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
trivy image nginx:latest
trivy fs .
trivy config .
Overview: OWASP ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) is a dynamic application security testing (DAST) tool for finding vulnerabilities in running web applications.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
docker run -t owasp/zap2docker-stable zap-baseline.py -t http://example.com
Overview: gotestwaf is a WAF (Web Application Firewall) testing tool that evaluates how well your WAF protects against different classes of web attacks.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
gotestwaf --url https://api.example.com --waf-name MyWAF
Overview: A software composition analysis tool that identifies known vulnerable components in project dependencies.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
dependency-check --project "MyApp" --scan /path/to/project --format HTML
Overview: SonarCloud is a cloud-based code quality and security platform by SonarSource, focusing on static code analysis.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
- name: SonarCloud Scan
uses: SonarSource/sonarcloud-github-action@v1
with:
projectBaseDir: .
Overview: A comprehensive web vulnerability scanner and proxy tool used for manual and automated testing of web applications.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage: GUI-based primarily, but you can run automated scans with Burp Suite Enterprise or Burp CLI for Pro:
burp scan --config-file config.json
Overview: A network and host vulnerability scanner developed by Tenable. Ideal for auditing systems and infrastructure security.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
nessuscli update
➡️ Visit Nessus
Overview: Scout Suite is a multi-cloud security auditing tool that provides a visual overview of your cloud configuration and potential security issues.
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
scout aws --report-dir ./scout-report
Overview: Prowler is a command-line tool for AWS security best practices, compliance, and audit scanning (e.g., CIS, GDPR, HIPAA).
Why It’s Useful:
Example Usage:
prowler -M html,csv -S -R us-east-1
| Tool | Category | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Snyk | Dependency scanning | SCA |
| Veracode | Code/App testing | SAST, DAST |
| Trivy | Container/IaC security | SCA, IaC |
| OWASP ZAP | Web app security | DAST |
| gotestwaf | WAF testing | Fuzzing |
| OWASP DC | Dependency scanning | SCA |
| SonarCloud | Code quality & security | SAST |
| Burp Suite | Web vulnerability test | Manual/DAST |
| Nessus | Network vuln scanning | Infrastructure/Host |
| Scout Suite | Cloud config auditing | Multi-cloud IAM/IaaS |
| Prowler | AWS security auditing | CLI/Compliance |
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