Shaping the security code reviews and SCA through Veracode

It's not realistic to expect a single vendor to cover all the bases, especially when it comes to application security.
Different tools are built with different strengths, and trying to stretch one platform to meet every need usually leads to compromise — often in areas that matter.
Take ASPM (Application Security Posture Management) tools for example. They market themselves as central hubs that tie everything together — and to be fair, many do a good job at aggregating data across multiple tools. But when it comes to actually performing hands-on security operations — like triaging vulnerabilities, validating risk, or remediating issues — many fall short.

Reporting and analytics are must have features for any tool, not just Veracode, especially when security is something we have to deal with. Reporting should not just follow a standard practice rather able to be customized based on one's requirements, I still remember using Veracode support to drill down some APIs and then able to add some important metrices into the dashboard for the C-suite people.

I always opt for shift left security where we strictly have guardrails to follow by dev team, Veracode we use in the stage when devs are writting the test cases, then going forward, analysing the code coverages, code smells and security hotspots on all the LOC. We get insights very early to detect potential vulnerabilities in the code.