Product Overview: Snyk
Snyk is a comprehensive developer security platform designed to secure applications, cloud deployments, and the entire software development lifecycle. Here’s a detailed look at what Snyk does and its key features:
What Snyk Does
Snyk is tailored to help organizations find and fix vulnerabilities across their entire software development lifecycle, from the initial lines of code to the deployment and operation of applications in the cloud. It integrates security into every stage of the development process, ensuring that applications are secure from code to cloud and back.
Key Features and Functionality
1. Securing Code
- Snyk Code: This feature secures proprietary code as it is written, using static application security testing (SAST) to automatically scan and fix vulnerabilities in real-time, without requiring additional builds. It provides remediation advice powered by Snyk’s knowledge base, leveraging machine learning and expert security insights.
2. Open Source Dependencies
- Snyk Open Source: This tool performs software composition analysis (SCA) to uncover and prioritize vulnerabilities in open-source dependencies. It integrates into the software development pipeline, allowing developers to create and deploy applications securely while addressing vulnerabilities and licensing issues. Snyk Open Source also builds a dependency tree and generates a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) to track and manage dependencies.
3. Container Security
- Snyk Container: This feature helps secure container images from the base image to runtime, identifying and rectifying vulnerabilities and misconfigurations within containers. It ensures that container images are secure before they are deployed.
4. Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Security
- Snyk IaC: This tool secures infrastructure as code configurations, detecting and fixing misconfigurations and security weaknesses in IaC templates. It integrates with developers’ existing workflows to ensure cloud infrastructure is deployed securely.
5. Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)
- Snyk AppRisk: This solution empowers application security teams with a comprehensive ASPM workbench. It facilitates seamless collaboration between developer and security teams to address cybersecurity challenges and provides visibility into software supply chain risk posture and overall application security program performance for C-suite stakeholders.
Additional Key Functionality
- Integration and Automation: Snyk integrates seamlessly with developer workflows, CI/CD pipelines, IDEs, and source control managers (SCMs) to ensure continuous security checks without disrupting development. It uses APIs to integrate with various tools and workflows, enabling automated security checks and remediation advice directly within the tools developers use.
- Vulnerability Scanning and Remediation: Snyk scans code, open-source dependencies, container images, and IaC templates for known vulnerabilities. It provides actionable insights and recommendations for fixing vulnerabilities, including patches, dependency upgrades, and configuration changes. The platform also notifies users when fixes become available for identified vulnerabilities.
- Software Bill of Materials (SBOM): Snyk helps build an SBOM in seconds, identifying all components and their interactions. This allows for the tracking and management of dependencies and the detection of security vulnerabilities within the SBOM.
- Compliance and Reporting: Snyk aids in meeting compliance requirements and generates comprehensive security reports on identified vulnerabilities, remediation progress, and overall security posture. This helps organizations track their security progress and monitor their security posture effectively.
- DevSecOps Culture: Snyk fosters a DevSecOps culture by facilitating collaboration between development and security teams. It provides shared visibility into vulnerabilities and progress, making security everyone’s responsibility.
In summary, Snyk is a robust developer security platform that ensures the security of applications from the initial code to cloud deployment, offering a unified solution for securing code, open-source dependencies, container images, and cloud infrastructure. Its integration with existing developer tools and workflows, along with its automated scanning and remediation capabilities, make it an essential tool for maintaining application security.