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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Application Security and Compliance – A Guide for Startups and SMBs
Building and scaling a technology product means constantly prioritizing competing demands. Growing companies have urgent development, product, and sales needs, and meeting those needs is an IT leader’s first responsibility. This often leaves little time and few resources for achieving security and compliance goals. Startups and small businesses rarely prioritize these as a strategic, value-generating…
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Advanced Governance in SCA
Governance in Software Composition Analysis Governance in SCA solutions is an often overlooked yet extremely powerful feature set that can significantly improve a company’s supply chain security, and legal compliance. Governance or Governance Policies consist of the ability to create rules which restrict open source packages based on certain criteria. The result of running these…
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What is Software Composition Analysis?
Software is only as safe as the code used to build it. Today, more than 90% of all new software is built using open source code, which can contain unknown risks and dependencies. Software Composition Analysis is a critical tool in reducing risks with third party packages. SOOS’s Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tools mitigate this…
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SOOS Year in Review
We’ve had an exciting year at SOOS. We want to thank all of our customers for a great 2022, and an even better 2023!
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Top 5 Vulnerabilities in Software Development
Virtually all software development has some security risk, whether it is a result of insufficient testing, ignoring best practices, using open-source code with known vulnerabilities, or any combination of poor techniques. Unfortunately, these flaws persist and show up with increasing frequency in applications and operating systems every day. The goal of software professionals everywhere is…
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