Software Composition Analysis (SCA) Checklist

Open source software (OSS) is a critical component of cloud-native application development, allowing developers to get a head start without reinventing the wheel. But OSS—which includes packages, package managers, and package registries—is also a breeding ground for risk. Vulnerabilities are all too common in OSS, as evidenced by recent headline-making vulnerabilities such as Log4j.

To help manage these risks, you can implement open source vulnerability and license compliance scanning with software composition analysis (SCA), but not all SCA providers are created equal. In this checklist, we’ll explore the six key criteria you should look out for when evaluating an SCA provider. Keeping these criteria in mind will help ensure that you’re getting the most comprehensive and actionable open source coverage possible.

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