Fortify by OpenText vs. Coverity Static Analysis (SAST)

SDLC deployment is simple. simple to use The coverage is thorough and complete as a DAST product.

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Best suits for large scale and dynamic development environment. It may be best tool if you want to release your apps with less TAT. However if you have a CRM tool which is COTS product it can offer little help. Even then you should be familiar with what features of Coverity Static Analysis (SAST) are helpful for your development environment

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• Detection of vulnerabilities
• Scanning pipelines
• Integration is super easy
• Scanned cloud based applications

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• It can provide security scanning dashboard
• Help detect vulnerabilities and recommend remediation
• Integration of devsecops helps speed up release cycles

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• Reporting could be better
• Can be an involved setup if your organization is not using common build tools
• Users get spammed with a lot of email updates from the service

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• Coverage of integration with other security tools can be improved
• Customisation of dashboard to enable customer choice of tracking
• Showcase devsecops progressive tasks from SLA and violation from code scanner perspective

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Since every firm needs to perform static code analysis on their applications, I believe Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect would work well for them (they also offer dynamic scanning, although I haven't used it myself). Different static analysis tools scan code in different ways, and Micro Focus Fortify WebInspect asks you to submit a complete build of the application along with debugging files. Depending on how your company builds its apps, this requirement may be simple or challenging.

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Always receive excellent support from the vendor. No issues there.

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Fortify Application Defender is a little more timely and upfront with a lot of their information on cyber security. we like what they provide and how they communicate with our users. I think they have a good understanding and practice in their field. they seem best suited for us and the best fit.

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Coverity Static Analysis (SAST) has wide coverage in terms of Owasp Top 10 vulnerabilities, various types of languages, backward integration. While other tools offer similar experience of code scanning, coverity helps in pointed recommendations for quick closure of vulnerabilities. The historical analysis of vulnerabilities is a good value add in understanding which type of code and which language is better in improving cyber security maturity.

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• DevSecOps helped in reducing efforts
• License cost was less
• We could roll out double the count of applications with implementation of WebInspect

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• Helped reduce efforts of development team avoiding rework
• Increased security maturity
• Increased efficiency of the teams

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