DevSecOps is an approach to software development that emphasizes security as a critical aspect of the development process. It is a combination of development (Dev), security (Sec), and operations (Ops) practices that work together to build, test, and deploy secure software. The goal of DevSecOps is to integrate security into the software development lifecycle (SDLC) from the earliest stages of development to ensure that security is built into the software, rather than added as an afterthought.

One of the key components of DevSecOps is the use of tools to automate security testing and deployment. There are many different tools available that can help with various aspects of the DevSecOps process, and selecting the right toolset will depend on the specific needs of your organization.

DevSecOps tools help automate as many security processes as possible and closely integrate security with the CI/CD pipeline. These tools help build security into the entire development lifecycle and eliminate the silos between DevOps and security. Throughout all stages of the implementation process, security testing tools and best practices are frequently incorporated.

Here are the main goals of DevSecOps tools:

Automating security testing and integration into the development process, allowing developers to catch and fix security issues early on.
Enhancing collaboration between development and security teams by supplying a unified view of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and security risks.
Improving the speed and efficiency of software delivery by automating security tasks and reducing manual processes.
Improving the overall security of software systems by incorporating security considerations and testing into every phase of the SDLC.
Enabling compliance with security and regulatory standards by supplying visibility into the security of software systems and ensuring that they meet relevant requirements.
Static Application Security Testing (SAST) tools can analyse your source code or any compiled versions of your code and identify security flaws during early development phases.
By conducting realistic tests on applications running in testing or production environments, Dynamic Application Security Testing Technologies (DAST) tools can find security issues.
Test automation software enables DevSecOps teams to define software testing tasks that reduce the amount of manual labour.

1.     Parasoft Tool Suite

Parasoft is a suite of software development tools that aims to automate and integrate various aspects of software testing and analysis. The tools in the suite are designed to help organizations improve the quality, security, and compliance of their software systems.

Key features of the Parasoft tool suite include:

Automated unit testing: Parasoft provides tools for automating the creation and execution of unit tests, which helps developers catch and fix bugs early in the development process.
Static code analysis: The suite includes a static code analyzer that can find and report on potential bugs, security vulnerabilities, and coding standards violations in your code.
API testing: Parasoft provides tools for testing and validating APIs, which can help ensure that your systems are communicating correctly and securely.
Functional testing: The suite includes tools for automating the creation and execution of functional tests, which can help ensure that your software behaves as expected.

2.   Clair

Clair is an open-source tool developed by CoreOS that is used to find vulnerabilities in container images. It analyses the layers of a container image and checks them against a database of known vulnerabilities to find any potential security risks.

Key features of Clair include:

Vulnerability scanning: Clair can scan container images and find vulnerabilities in the packages and libraries that they have.
Database of known vulnerabilities: Clair checks container images against a database of known vulnerabilities, which is regularly updated to include new vulnerabilities as they are discovered.
Integration with container registries: Clair can be integrated with container registries such as Docker Hub and Quay, allowing you to scan images as they are pushed to the registry.
RESTful API: Clair has a RESTful API that can be used to integrate it with other tools and automation systems.
Support for multiple container formats: Clair supports multiple container formats, including Docker and AppC, and can analyse images from different container runtimes, such as Docker and rkt.
Scalability: Clair is designed to scale to handle large numbers of images and can handle thousands of images in a single scan.
Open source: Clair is an open-source project, which allows for community contributions and participation in the development process.
Lightweight: Clair is lightweight and requires minimal resources to run, which makes it easy to deploy and use in different environments.

3.    Notary

Notary is an open-source tool developed by Docker, Inc. that is used to ensure the authenticity and integrity of container images. It allows you to sign and verify container images so that you can be sure that they have not been tampered with or modified in any way.

Key features of Notary include:

Image signing and verification: Notary allows you to sign container images, which creates a digital signature that can be used to verify the authenticity and integrity of the image.
Multi-platform support: Notary supports multiple platforms and container registries, including Docker Hub, Quay, and GCR, which means that it can be used to sign and verify images from different sources.
Support for multiple signing algorithms: Notary supports different signing algorithms, including RSA and ECDSA, which allows you to choose the algorithm that best meets your security needs.
RESTful API: Notary has a RESTful API that can be used to integrate it with other tools and automation systems.
Transparency logs: Notary allows you to create transparency logs, which provide a record of all the actions performed on an image, such as signing, pushing, and pulling.
Open source: Notary is an open-source project, which allows for community contributions and participation in the development process.
Security: Notary is designed to provide a high level of security, it uses a tamper-proof and append-only data structure to store the signatures and requires a password to access the private keys.
It is integrated with the Docker daemon, so that the authenticity of the images can be verified before they are pulled or run.

4.   AppScan on Cloud

IBM AppScan on Cloud is a cloud-based version of the AppScan software security tool developed by IBM. It is designed to help organizations identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in their software systems by automating the process of static and dynamic application security testing.

Key features of AppScan include:

Automated security testing: AppScan on Cloud can automatically scan web applications and identify potential security vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and other common threats.
Dynamic analysis: The tool includes a dynamic analysis engine that can test running applications for vulnerabilities by simulating attacks and identifying vulnerabilities in the code.
Cloud-based service: AppScan on Cloud is a cloud-based service, which allows organizations to perform security testing on demand and eliminates the need to maintain infrastructure.
Integration with development tools: AppScan on Cloud can be integrated with development tools such as JIRA, Jenkins, and Visual Studio, which allows developers to receive feedback on vulnerabilities in their code as they write it.
Compliance and regulatory standards: AppScan on Cloud can help organizations ensure compliance with various security standards and regulations, such as OWASP, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
Reporting and Analytics: AppScan on Cloud provides detailed reporting and analytics capabilities, which allows organizations to track and prioritize vulnerabilities, and understand the overall security posture of their applications.
Automated remediation: AppScan on Cloud provides automated remediation guidance, which can help development teams understand and fix the vulnerabilities.

5.   ThreatModeler

ThreatModeler is a commercial software tool developed by iTrust that helps organizations identify and mitigate security threats in their software systems. It is designed to automate the threat modelling process and supply a visual representation of potential attack vectors and vulnerabilities in the system.

Key features of ThreatModeler include:

Automated threat modelling: ThreatModeler can automatically generate a visual representation of potential attack vectors and vulnerabilities in a system.
Risk assessment: The tool can help organizations identify and prioritize potential risks and vulnerabilities in their software systems.
Integration with development tools: ThreatModeler can be integrated with development tools such as JIRA, Jenkins, and Visual Studio, which allows developers to receive feedback on vulnerabilities in their code as they write it.
Compliance and regulatory standards: ThreatModeler can help organizations ensure compliance with various security standards and regulations, such as OWASP, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
Reporting and Analytics: ThreatModeler supplies detailed reporting and analytics capabilities, which allows organizations to track and prioritize vulnerabilities, and understand the overall security posture of their applications.
Collaboration: ThreatModeler allows for collaboration between developers, security teams and other stakeholders.
Scalability: ThreatModeler can handle large and complex systems and can be used across different industries and projects.
It can be used to generate threat models for different types of systems, including web applications, mobile apps, IoT devices, and cloud-based systems.

6.   Veracode

Veracode is a provider of application security solutions that help organizations find and remediate vulnerabilities in their software applications. Their services include static and dynamic application security testing, software composition analysis, and automated remediation guidance. Veracode’s platform integrates with development tools and frameworks to provide automated security testing throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC). This helps organizations find and fix vulnerabilities early in the development process, reducing the risk of security breaches and improving overall software security.

Key features of Veracode’s application security solutions include:

Automated security testing: Veracode’s platform integrates with development tools and frameworks to provide automated security testing throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
Vulnerability identification: Veracode’s security testing services can identify a wide range of vulnerabilities, including those related to OWASP Top 10, CWE, and other industry standards.
Remediation guidance: Veracode provides automated remediation guidance to help organizations fix vulnerabilities quickly and efficiently.
Software composition analysis: Veracode’s platform can analyse the open-source components used in an application and find any known vulnerabilities in those components.
Application security program management service: Veracode’s program management service helps customers to build and maintain a comprehensive, efficient, and effective application security program.
Compliance support: Veracode helps customers to comply with a variety of industry standards and regulations such as PCI-DSS, SOC2, HIPAA, and others.
Scalability: Veracode can manage a large number of applications and scans, making it suitable for large enterprise organizations.

7.    Checkmarx CxSAST

Checkmarx CxSAST (Static Application Security Testing) is a software security tool developed by Checkmarx. It is designed to help organizations identify and remediate security vulnerabilities in their software systems by automating the process of static code analysis.

Key features of Checkmarx CxSAST include:

Automated code scanning: CxSAST can automatically scan source code written in various programming languages, such as Java, C#, and Python, to identify potential security vulnerabilities.
Vulnerability detection: CxSAST uses a proprietary algorithm to detect a wide range of vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10, and can also detect custom vulnerabilities.
Integration with development tools: CxSAST can be integrated with development tools such as JIRA, Jenkins, and Visual Studio, which allows developers to receive feedback on vulnerabilities in their code as they write it.
Security management: CxSAST provides a centralized platform for managing and reporting on the security of software systems, which can help organizations prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities.
Compliance and regulatory standards: CxSAST can help organizations ensure compliance with various security standards and regulations, such as OWASP, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
Vulnerability analysis: CxSAST provides detailed vulnerability analysis and remediation guidance, which can help development teams understand and fix the vulnerabilities.

8.   SonarQube

SonarQube is a static code analysis tool that comprehensively examines your code for security threats and vulnerabilities. The software may identify two different types of issues: security hotspots, which are potential security concerns that need human inspection, and security vulnerabilities, which are automatically recognised problems that require immediate attention.

Key Features:

Static code analysis
Open-source and free (with premium upgrades)
Data sanitization
Compliance tracking and reporting
CI/CD integration

The base program is open-source and free, however, there is a paid version that adds security features to the base. Taint Analysis, for example, is a premium tool that checks user-provided data to sanitize problematic content before it is sent to important systems. Compliance tracking, which ensures that your code satisfies all legal requirements, is yet another premium feature.

9. Fortify WebInspect

Fortify WebInspect is a dynamic application security testing (DAST) tool that can help you find and prioritize exploitable vulnerabilities in your web applications.

Key features include:

Functional Application Security Testing (FAST): capable of conducting functional tests similar to IAST without being restricted to a particular subset of functionality.
Black box testing insights:Scans a running application like a hacker would. Client-side frameworks used, version numbers, and other vulnerabilities that would be simple for an attacker to detect and take advantage of can all be found through this kind of testing.
Compliance management :Provides built-in policies and reports for many compliance standards, including PCI DSS, HIPAA, NIST 800-53, ISO 27000, and OWASP Top Ten.
API support :Can scan both SOAP and REST APIs, identifying API functionality using Swagger, OpenAPI, or Postman, to discover API security vulnerabilities.

10. SOOS

SOOS is a SaaS package that offers software composition analysis (SCA) and a higher plan that adds in dynamic application security testing. The two modules operate in concert. The SCA system acts as a vulnerability scanner for open-source code and the DAST package tests new code in Web applications under development.

The SCA looks for open-source content in all code. The system can find out-of-date open-source software and knows about the most recent versions. Newer versions of these packages are developed whenever a vulnerability is detected. So, keeping any system up to date, including those that are open source, is vital for security.

The DAST system runs your new code and looks at the way it reacts to standard hacker tricks to see whether the module contains exploits. The service runs inside Docker containers, so any security errors in the new system cannot damage the operating system of the host that runs it.

Key Features:

Software composition analysis
Dynamic application security testing
Continuous testing
On-demand scanning
Unlimited seats

Both the SCA and DAST services can be integrated into Web application development managers. These include Jenkins, GitLab, Bamboo, and Azure DevOps. The testers will also interface to bug trackers, such as GitHub Issues, Bitbucket, and Jira. Because of their interoperability, the DAST and SCA services can be set up to run tests continuously, which makes them part of a CI/CD pipeline.

11.   Aqua Security

Aqua Security is a three-pronged cloud-native application security platform that focuses on app security, IaaS, and VM/container security. The latest scanning software can detect security flaws, malware, and secrets that have been exposed. To prevent unintentional breaches, you can also set up dynamic policies for deployment.

With full CI/CD integration and extensive scanning in real-time scenarios, the solution is also built for automated security. You may also create a whole vulnerability management procedure that includes detection, remediation, testing, and deployment.

This solution is ideal for large enterprises where the CI/CD pipeline is critical to the development process – internal security and deployment security are also major considerations.

Key Features:

Application security platform
IaaS and Kubernetes supported
Vulnerability, malware, and secret detection
Compliance checking
Impressive CI/CD integration

12. Codacy

Codacy is a code review and quality assurance tool that helps organizations improve the quality, security, and maintainability of their software systems. It is designed to automate code analysis and provide developers with feedback on their code, including issues related to security, performance, and best practices.

Key features of Codacy include:

Automated code analysis: Codacy can automatically analyse code written in various programming languages and identify issues related to security, performance, and best practices.
Customizable rules: Codacy allows you to configure and customize the rules used for code analysis, which can help you enforce your organization’s coding standards and guidelines.
Integration with development tools: Codacy can be integrated with development tools such as JIRA, GitHub, and Bitbucket, which allows developers to receive feedback on their code as they write it.
Reporting and Analytics: Codacy provides detailed reporting and analytics capabilities, which allows organizations to track and prioritize code issues, and understand the overall quality and security posture of their applications.
Collaboration: Codacy allows for collaboration between developers, security teams and other stakeholders.
Security: Codacy provides security features such as vulnerability scanning, and compliance testing.
Scalability: Codacy can handle large and complex systems and can be used across different industries and projects.
It can be used for code analysis for different types of systems, including web applications, mobile apps, IoT devices, and cloud-based systems.

13.Prisma Cloud

Prisma Cloud (formerly RedLock) is a cloud-native security platform developed by Prisma (formerly RedLock), which helps organizations secure their cloud infrastructure, applications and data. It supplies a comprehensive security solution that covers multiple layers of the cloud stack, including infrastructure, containers, and workloads.

Key features of Prisma Cloud include:

Cloud Security Posture Management (CSPM): Prisma Cloud provides a central console to manage and monitor security across different cloud environments, such as AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Cloud Infrastructure Security: Prisma Cloud includes security features such as network security, security groups, and firewall rules to protect cloud infrastructure.
Cloud Workload Protection: Prisma Cloud provides security for workloads running in the cloud, including automated security configuration management and vulnerability scanning.
Cloud Container Security: Prisma Cloud includes security features for containers such as runtime security, vulnerability management and compliance.
Cloud-Native Threat Detection and Response: Prisma Cloud includes threat detection, incident response and investigation capabilities to quickly detect and respond to security threats.
Compliance: Prisma Cloud can help organizations follow different security standards and regulations, such as PCI-DSS, SOC2, and HIPAA.
Cloud-native architecture: Prisma Cloud is designed for the cloud, it can be deployed as a service or as an agent and it can scale to protect large and complex cloud environments.
Integration: Prisma Cloud integrates with other security tools, SIEMs and incident response systems to provide a comprehensive security solution.

14. Fortify

Fortify is a set of software security tools developed by Micro Focus. The Fortify tool suite is designed to help organizations identify, prioritize, and remediate security vulnerabilities in their software systems.

Key features of the Fortify tool include:

Static code analysis: Fortify’s static code analyzer can automatically scan source code and identify potential security vulnerabilities, such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, and other common threats.
Dynamic analysis: The tool includes a dynamic analysis engine that can test running applications for vulnerabilities by simulating attacks and identifying vulnerabilities in the code.
Application security management: Fortify provides a centralized platform for managing and reporting on the security of software systems, which can help organizations prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities.
Integration with development tools: The tool can be integrated with development tools such as JIRA, Jenkins, and Visual Studio, which allows developers to receive feedback on vulnerabilities in their code as they write it.
Compliance and regulatory standards: Fortify can help organizations ensure compliance with various security standards and regulations, such as OWASP, PCI-DSS, and HIPAA.
Security training: Fortify includes security training modules, which can be used to train developers on how to write secure code, and how to find and fix vulnerabilities.
Fortify also offers web application scanning and runtime protection capabilities, which can help find vulnerabilities in web apps and protect against attacks
Fortify also has a cloud-based service, called Fortify on Demand, which allows you to scan your code in the cloud and get the results in a browser.

15. Snyk

Snyk is an open-source security platform that helps developers find and fix vulnerabilities in their software systems. It is designed to work with a wide range of programming languages, package managers, and cloud providers. Snyk offers a set of security tools that can be used to secure different stages of the software development life cycle.

Key features of Snyk include:

Vulnerability scanning: Snyk can scan code and find vulnerabilities in the packages and libraries that it uses.
Automated remediation: Snyk provides automated remediation guidance, which can help developers understand and fix vulnerabilities.
Integration with development tools: Snyk can be integrated with development tools such as GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, which allows developers to receive feedback on vulnerabilities in their code as they write it.
Multi-language support: Snyk supports multiple programming languages, including JavaScript, Python, Java, Ruby, and .Net.
Cloud-native security: Snyk offers security tools for different stages of the software development life cycle, including container security, infrastructure as code security, and runtime protection.
Open source: Snyk is an open-source project, which allows for community contributions and participation in the development process.
Compliance: Snyk can help organizations comply with different security standards and regulations, such as OWASP and PCI-DSS.
Snyk also offers a cloud-based service, called Snyk Cloud, which allows you to scan your code in the cloud and get the results in a browser.

That’s it! I hope you can use this knowledge to implement a DevSecOps review tool in your organization. Every project is different, and there is no other way than an experiment, draw conclusions, improve, and experiment again. For more information, contact our experts today.