Checkmarx vs. GitGuardian Public Monitoring

Checkmarx works best in organizations with secure development practices where code is regularly scanned during development. It's ideal for CI/CD pipelines, ensuring vulnerabilities are caught early. Checkmarx might not be the best for old systems that aren’t updated often, as setting it up can take time. It’s also less useful for teams that mostly use third-party libraries instead of writing their own code.

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GitGuardian is well suited to prevent data leaks and alert users about their exposed secrets. It enhances security by monitoring repositories in real time and mitigation potential security risks. GitGuardian's monitoring and alerting capabilities are the best out there. It integrates easily with version control systems and users don't need to go extra mile to set it up since it's very easy to use.

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• Reporting
• Language support
• Fix recommendations

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• GitGuardian monitors every public or private GitHub commit ( that have GitGuardian installed) and event in real-time for secrets and sensitive data. In a leak scenario it immediately notifies us.
• It uses sophisticated pattern matching techniques to detect credentials that cannot be strictly defined with a distinctive pattern (like unprefixed credentials)
• It covers several API providers, database connection strings, private keys, certificates, usernames and passwords etc
• GitGuardian have high True Positive Rate of around 91% and reduces alert fatigue with smart occurrences regrouping

• Lots of false positives
• Hard to integrate with CI

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• Pre-commit scanning functionality.
• Adding custom detectors.

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Checkmarx's usability is generally good, but it can be a bit complex for new users. The interface may take some time to get used to, especially for those unfamiliar with security tools. Once you become familiar with it, it’s effective and integrates well into development workflows.

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We actually use Checkmarx along with the other tools. However, the reason we chose Checkmarx is its wide support for languages and useful fix recommendations. The flowcharts help better understand the data flow and give a clear picture of what needs to be fixed and how. Also, developers can make a note of what should be avoided in the future. Overall, it's a great tool and would be a good investment to make.

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GitGuardian Public Monitoring stacks up well against its alternatives and competitors, as it offers some unique and advanced features that make it stand out from the rest. some of these features include:- GitGuardian Public Monitoring stacks up well against its alternatives and competitors. GitGuardian Public Monitoring stacks up well against its alternatives and competitors. It integrates with my favorite SIEMs and ITSMs and enables developer-driven incident response1. This gives me the most convenient and efficient way to manage and remediate my secrets and sensitive data leaks on public GitHub

• Improved ability to provide high level of IA confidence
• Improved confidence in application-level security

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• Risk reduction.
• Achieving zero hard-coded credentials.

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