Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA) vs. Heimdal Application Control vs. Vulcan Cyber (discontinued)
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Black Duck Software Composition Analysis (SCA) | Score10 out of 10 | N/A | Black Duck is a software composition analysis tool acquired and now supported by Synopsys since 2017. | N/A |
Heimdal Application Control | Score9 out of 10 | N/A | A whitelisting and blacklisting tool, Heimdal Application Control is presented as a simple way to gain full control over the files that run on corporate endpoints. The solution allows sysadmins to approve or deny application executions in multiple ways. Filtering can be achieved according to file path, publisher, certificate, vendor name, software name, MD5, and more, to give users complete authority over the application landscape in a network. Heimdal Application… | N/A |
Vulcan Cyber (discontinued) | Score7.4 out of 10 | Mid-Size Companies (51-1,000 employees) | Vulcan Cyber was an exposure and vulnerability risk mitigation platform, acquired by Tenable in early 2025. The product is no longer available for sale, and functionality has been integrated into the Tenable One Exposure Management platform's vulnerability solution. | N/A |
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No answers on this topic | No answers on this topic | 100% Delivers good value for the price 9 Answers | |
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| Small Businesses | No answers on this topic | Rencore Code (SPCAF) Score8.8 out of 10 | No answers on this topic |
| Medium-sized Companies | No answers on this topic | Trend Vision One Email and Collaboration Security Score9.9 out of 10 | Tenable Nessus Score8.8 out of 10 |
| Enterprises | No answers on this topic | Checkmarx Score7.6 out of 10 | Tenable Vulnerability Management Score8.9 out of 10 |
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| Likelihood to Recommend | 10.0 | 9.0 | 7.1 |
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| Support Rating | 8.2 | - | - |
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