Checkmarx vs. Trustwave App Scanner (discontinued)

Chechmarx is really suited for finding wide range of security risks. It although identifies false positives which can be confusing at times. It can do better in terms of scan duration. They are better alternate competitors in the market who can do equally good or even better. It all depends on the scope of the problem you want to address

Incentivized

This scanner is helpful for financial services apps that need to prove their credibility to users, and in an environment where users might not be comfortable providing their PII.

Incentivized

• Reporting
• Language support
• Fix recommendations

Incentivized

• Show that our app is credible
• Give users the confidence to do business on our app

Incentivized

• Lots of false positives
• Hard to integrate with CI

Incentivized

• Integration requires the development team
• Takes up valuable real estate within the app
• Requires bandwidth and may slow down primary functions

Incentivized

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.

Incentivized

These products are similar in nature. They all tend to do the same thing, in a similar way. Just need to watch for integration problems and consumer trust issues.

Incentivized

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

Incentivized

• Increases usage of mobile devices
• Reduces the need for live client services
• Improves user conference

Incentivized