Startups, small businesses (SMBs), and growing software development teams operate in fast-paced environments where security and compliance can be overlooked in favor of rapid development and allocating resources elsewhere. However, building application security and regulatory compliance into your software development practices from the start is critical to building customer and stakeholder trust, avoiding legal issues,…
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Ten Tips to Protect Your Dev Team from Business Interruptions
In today’s fast-paced digital world, development teams are constantly under pressure to deliver innovative solutions. However, technical audits, business compliance requirements, and IT governance policies can create unexpected interruptions that disrupt workflows and slow progress. Here are ten tips to protect your development team from these business interruptions by integrating security and compliance into their…
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Reducing False Positives and Developer Toil in Application Security
False positives in application security can be a major source of frustration for development teams, leading to wasted time, unnecessary work, and reduced trust in security tools. However, it’s important to differentiate between true false positives and developer toil caused by inefficient security processes. Understanding this distinction helps teams focus on real security threats while…
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Why SOOS Outperforms Dependabot for Application Security
Application security is paramount in today’s fast-paced development environment, where open-source dependencies are a critical part of software. Dependabot, developed by GitHub, is a popular tool for managing dependency updates, but SOOS goes beyond dependency updates to offer a more comprehensive application security solution. Here’s why SOOS is a better choice than Dependabot for teams…
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What Makes SOOS Different from Other AppSec Platforms
If you’re building software, you’ve probably been burned by application security tools that promise the world and fail to deliver. Maybe they flood you with irrelevant alerts, break your builds, slow down your pipelines, or impose limits on when and how you can use them. Whatever it is, you don’t want hype; you want a…
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Why Customization and Configuration Are Important in Application Security
Today’s technology depends on open source software to quickly innovate and release new functionality, exposing companies without Application Security (AppSec) to increased risk. AppSec is the practices and tools used to find, fix, and prevent software vulnerabilities that can cause breaches and legal action when software is used improperly. AppSec is particularly important given 98%…
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The CTO’s Guide to Practical DevSecOps
CTOs know that in 2025, software security involves more than checking a box; it’s a set of practices, tools, and most importantly, a mindset that’s built into your software development process. Whether you’re leading dozens of software engineers, or have dozens of software engineering teams, the people you rely on most to protect your business…
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Open Source Software Security Audit Guide
Tech companies are exposed to different risks because of the fact that they produce technology that’s used by others, and because they often take outside investment to grow, which comes with additional expectations of increasing business value. Business investments, partnerships, mergers, and acquisitions also introduce additional scrutiny in the form of technical due diligence and…
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Getting the Most Out of SCA
Software Composition Analysis (SCA) is an important practice in modern software development, enabling teams to manage and secure the open-source components within their applications. By effectively utilizing SCA tools, such as SOOS’s Software Composition Analysis, you can identify vulnerabilities, ensure license compliance, and maintain the integrity of your software to avoid costly security, business, and…
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How to Easily Find and Manage Software Dependencies
Finding open-source software dependencies is an essential task for developers looking to build, maintain, or improve their software applications. That’s because software builds on other software, which necessitates dependency management. Dependency management is a key part of modern development because knowing how to easily find and manage dependencies, or individual pieces of software that your…
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