Likelihood to Recommend I think CAST is a great tool to give insight into your applications. The tool can be met with resistance from team members as the tool is going to expose defects that should be addressed. Out of the box, it may need some tailoring to focus on certain areas so that you are not overwhelmed with defects the first time you scan your code. But ultimately, you will want to eliminate all defects in the code and have all violations turned on.
Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review I've been using this product since it began as an open source product, I really like it and for the money, I think it's probably the best choice for most companies who need a product like this. Over the years I've seen the interface change quite a bit and sometimes I think it's a bit unclear how to do certain things and the different packages can be confusing, these are the only reasons I'm giving it a 9 instead of a 10.
Read full review Pros Identifies common coding vulnerabilities. Compares code to industry best practices. Assesses the code for data privacy compliance. Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review Setup of the internal scanner was fairly simple and straight forward. An update came out for the internal scanner that allows you to add an Internal Certificate Authority for lookup. Has automated reporting to keep executives and compliance departments informed. Internal scanner can be configured to auto-update itself. "Recast Rules" allows your organization to redefine a vulnerabilities' classification, if it is not applicable or your disagree. External PCI scans allow you to remediate before submitting to Tenable.io for review. Tenable.io staff was very patient and helpful. They provided some limited guidance with remediation. Internal and External scans can be automated. schedule for the automated scans is very granular. Read full review Cons Code scans could be faster. A large application may need to be broken down into smaller sub-applications in order to facilitate faster code scans. We spent a lot of time trying to figure out how to best structure our code base in the application for ultimate performance. Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review Expensive - You do pay a slight premium for the best product in the space. Asset management is difficult to work with if you have a lot of asset turnover, the license can be ''held'' for 3-6 months after the asset is gone from your environment. Read full review Likelihood to Renew We like to renew tenable each year we have had it so far.
Read full review Support Rating Tech support and pro services are top-notch.
Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review Support is usually really great at walking you through any steps you need to take when you get stuck on something. There are a few false positives and errors that have come up over the years that required their help to get through. Unfortunately, the steps required to diagnose some problems are more tedious than I think should be necessary. (IE: SQL instances can throw errors that clog up your logs because one plugin affects it in a certain way. The process to diagnose this is to watch timestamps of plugins in a log while monitoring the SQL logs at the same time and using your best guess as to what is causing it.)
Read full review Alternatives Considered These other tools only do a part of what CAST does. CAST gives a comprehensive view into the code looking at all aspects, code quality, security, maintainability, vulnerability, privacy, reuse, etc. These other tools only focus on one or two dimensions.
Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review Tenable.io has a comparable set of features, with excellent support and a competitive price. After less than desirable experiences with another company, we moved to Tenable and haven't looked back since.
Read full review Return on Investment I believe once we had the tool working for our code base, we immediately saw positive ROI. We spent some time getting to where our code code be scanned efficiently but some of that was trying to do things ourselves instead of fully utilizing Cast Professional Services. I highly recommend to do an engagement with CAST to have them help setup the tool in your environment or to run it in the cloud for you. Gene Baker Vice President, Chief Architect, Development Manager and Software Engineer
Read full review Since this is a requirement for our PCI compliance and the cost is relatively low, the ROI isn't really something we need to think too much about, Tenable's pricing is fair and affordable. Read full review ScreenShots CAST Highlight Screenshots