We primarily use Veracode for static code analysis.
Sr. Web Application Security at a tech vendor with 10,001+ employees
It's good for static scans and compliance, but it takes a long time to deal with the false positives
Pros and Cons
- "The CSCA vulnerability scanning is useful."
- "The dynamic scanning feature works, but it doesn't work properly for some of our applications. It doesn't allow us to skip. They claim that we can do this, but it doesn't work when we're scanning the applications in real-time."
What is our primary use case?
How has it helped my organization?
Veracode detects vulnerabilities. The most essential part is Veracode's PCI compliance policies. We need to make sure our code is compliant. Veracode's policy reporting features are effective at ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. The policy has changed here, but that functionality works quite well. It provides visibility to application status at every development stage.
The solution helped us find and fix flaws. It ultimately saves us some time, but we still spend a long time sorting through the false positives. Every report generates a number of issues, some of which are valid. Others are mitigated by application design or network devices. Veracode improved our security overall. There is no doubt about that.
What is most valuable?
The CSA vulnerability scanning is useful.
What needs improvement?
The dynamic scanning feature appears to be working, however, 90%-95% of all vulnerabilities could be easily detected by any web browser.
When it comes to dynamic scanning Veracode needs to improve its functionality.
They claim that we can do this, but it doesn't work when we're scanning the applications in real time.
Static code analysis generates too many false positives, so it takes a lot of time to review them all. The security and development teams need to work together to mitigate the false positives. It doesn't affect the developers' confidence in the solution. It still works, but it takes time. It has a significant impact on the process.
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For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Veracode for five or six years.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Veracode support a seven out of ten. We have weekly meetings with the support representatives to discuss any issues with the tool. It's pretty good.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Neutral
What other advice do I have?
I rate Veracode a five out of ten.
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Security Engineer at a comms service provider with 10,001+ employees
Gives us a good single pane of glass where developers and security professionals can manage and remediate flaws
Pros and Cons
- "In pipeline scanning, there is a configuration that can be set with respect to the security level of the flaw. If there is a high or a critical issue, there's a way the build can be failed and blocked before going into production."
- "Veracode's SAST, DAST, and SCA are pretty good with respect to industry standards, but with regard to container security, they are in either beta or alpha testing. They need to get that particular feature up and running so that they take care of the container security part."
What is our primary use case?
We use Veracode for static code analysis, dynamic code analysis, and software composition analysis. In our organization, we have a bunch of applications that are running on a monorepo or microservice level. We have to do SAST on those applications so that we have a code review done on a bit level.
Going forward through the application pipeline, we do it on the dynamic level, as well, where we are scanning the public URLs of those applications to see what people can see externally. It's a type of out-to-in scanning in which we are analyzing the traffic that is sent out and even the traffic that is coming in, the response and request headers of the URLs, whenever someone is at a single URL.
Finally, for the software composition, Veracode uses a third-party analysis tool in which it has the libraries and the functions that are being used at a source code level. They are open source or dependent files that are used for building that in-house application.
How has it helped my organization?
As a company, we have moved from using contractors and third-party consulting companies to creating our software through more of an in-house model. We are moving more into the DevOps realm with more of our own teams developing our software. Veracode fits that DevSecOps ideology. It is definitely helping us build more secure software than we previously had.
We have a bunch of applications into which we have integrated Veracode and we have seen that, in the final phase of production delivery, there are fewer vulnerabilities than we used to have.
And because Veracode has remediation and tracking within the platform, it becomes a good single pane of glass where the developers and the security professionals can operate and govern the flaws in the software. And they can take the necessary steps to remediate them.
In the metrics that we generate every month, we have seen the numbers go up with respect to remediation as well as the number of flaws that we catch. The word is spreading, and more and more application teams are using the static code analysis tool inside their pipelines. Overall, we are moving from reactive mode to proactive mode in remediating vulnerabilities through Veracode.
Veracode also helps our developers save time, in the big picture, compared to a situation without Veracode. Let's say there is an application on which no static analysis was done and the audit team says, "Hey, you don't have any static code analysis in your pipelines. You need to do something about that." They could scan the code that is already running in production and find flaws, but those flaws would take a lot more effort, time, and resources to mitigate compared to if they had been detected in a static analysis prior to the code going into production. In that way, it has definitely saved time. But if we are talking about short-term planning for sprints, it takes a little more time than usual because security is coming into the picture, as well. But overall, it helps save time.
Our security posture has gotten better since 2020. It takes time to do the integration of the platform and educate people about how to use Veracode, and then move on to remediating and validating things. But the journey that we had with Veracode has definitely helped us a lot, overall, with respect to bettering our security posture.
What is most valuable?
The static analysis is the most valuable aspect for us.
It also has the ability to block a build. In pipeline scanning, there is a configuration that can be set with respect to the security level of the flaw. If there is a high or a critical issue, there's a way the build can be failed and blocked before going into production. But the best case that I have found for blocking builds is in the staging area. You don't really want any blocking done on the production environment because there are business SLAs that the enterprise has to fulfill. The best case would be blocking the builds in the staging phase, the pre-production environment, so that everything is taken care of before it is pushed to production.
There are three integration points for Veracode. One is the IDE plugin. Whenever a developer is writing code on their IDE platform plugin for Veracode—whether IntelliJ or Visual Studio, et cetera—it tells them if that piece of code has any vulnerabilities and if there is a better way to write the code.
The next point is the pipeline integration in which, whenever a build is getting pushed from a standalone branch to the main branch, a scan is done on that commit to see if there are any vulnerabilities.
Finally, when the build is published with the whole module, it can do another scan, as well. These three scans have their own pros and cons. The policy scan, which is a build scan, does the scanning on an overall basis with regard to the different standards out there, like OS and Spin5. It scans the first-party and third-party code, which is the most holistic scan that there can be. But the point is that it scans at three different integration points or stages, so it helps developers to remediate their vulnerabilities before they have moved far in the pipeline. Shift-left is definitely possible through Veracode.
What needs improvement?
Veracode's false positive rate is a little toward the higher side. We understand that Veracode doesn't have the business context. I advocate that people look at their code, even though there is a vulnerability, to see exactly what it is. For example, a randomize function is being used to create an ID that is not being hashed. Veracode marks it as a false positive because it doesn't know if the ID is being used for cookie generation or some random ID in the log generator. We, as dev or sec people, have to go in there and analyze what the ID is being used for. But the false positive rate is definitely a little bit on the higher side.
The effect of the false positive rate on developers' confidence in the solution depends on the maturity level of that particular application team with respect to learning Veracode. In the initial stages, obviously, when developers see that, whenever they're writing code or pushing a build, there are a bunch of vulnerabilities, it may affect their confidence. But a couple of months or a couple of quarters down the line, when those same developers have already used Veracode and have raised their maturity level from one to at least three, it doesn't really affect them because they know that they have to go in there and check the vulnerabilities for themselves to determine if it's a false positive or a real vulnerability.
It has definitely taken a little more time to validate the false positives, but I would say there are a lot of true positives, as well, which have been remediated and which have been mitigated for the betterment of the security posture. But it has definitely taken a little more time to mark or validate those positives. Hence, I definitely advocate that people shift a little more to the left. They should do ID and pipeline scanning before they hit policy scanning because, with ID and pipeline scanning, you scan small chunks of code. You remediate that code faster, before it goes to the whole package and there's a bunch that you have to deal with.
Also, container security is slowly becoming a prevalent part of the development realm. Veracode's SAST, DAST, and SCA are pretty good with respect to industry standards, but with regard to container security, they are in either beta or alpha testing. They need to get that particular feature up and running so that they take care of the container security part.
In addition, there is a new concept out there, the IAST, which is interactive assessment security testing. It is a little more proactive than SAST. So if Veracode can combine that feature with their current technology, they would definitely be a front-runner again for the next five to six years.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've been using Veracode for the last three and a half years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Once or twice a month there is maintenance on the Veracode side because they're updating some signature in their database or something else. I have seen maintenance coming up, but it's not an issue because the pipelines and integrations that we are running keep on running in the background. It's just the GUI that we are not able to access at that particular time.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
It's pretty scalable if our enterprise has the licenses for scaling the applications. I haven't faced any issues with regard to scalability, apart from licensing, of course.
How are customer service and support?
We have contacted Veracode's tech support a bunch of times. The only downside is the time needed to schedule a consultation call with the pro services team, keeping in mind that enterprises need to buy pro services licenses before they can use it.
When someone is scheduling a meeting with them, the issue type should be as precise as possible. In that way, they can rope in the exact SME for that particular topic, because in the development realm there are so many languages and so many types of issues out there. There are different personnel for each of those categories. So the more precise the details are for the meeting, the better the SME will be for that particular consultation.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have only used Veracode, right from the start.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was pretty straightforward. They have a SaaS solution and there are a bunch of API integrations that made it pretty straightforward.
As for maintenance, all the upgrades and updates are done on Veracode's side. But there is a wrapper. When we are doing the integration, there is a package that we use to upload the files in Veracode. Sometimes there is a new release for that package and we have to update it in the GitLab repo. That's the only maintenance we need to do.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
They have made it worth the price with the kind of discount and the kinds of modifications they made for us with regard to licensing. Previously, it was per profile. But they have adjusted according to our requirements because we are a big company and we handle a lot of applications. There's a tiered discount that they have provided us, so the cost is justified.
If someone looking at Veracode is concerned about the price, it depends on their requirements. I wouldn't really recommend Veracode for a small firm, because it might be a little pricey for them. But for a large organization, with more than 1,000 applications in the enterprise, there are tiered levels of pricing. Obviously, there are other cutting-edge solutions that have become available recently, but Veracode is something that a big organization should look at.
What other advice do I have?
When it comes to managing risks, we use the remediation feature that Veracode has. Whenever there is a flaw, we do have tickets open up for it and the application owner or the developer goes through the vulnerabilities. There are times when the vulnerability is a false positive and you can mark it as such within the Veracode platform itself. And we, as security professionals, do the validation for whether the business justification is good or not. And we either have a source code review for the vulnerability or have an exception open up for the remediation step that the application or the owner is asking for. We do risks via the platform, as well as through the ticketing tool that we use.
We are also using SBOM (Software Bill of Materials) for inventing all the different kinds of modules and libraries that we are using for an application. Using the SBOM feature, you would have to leverage the API to get the inventory from the API calls that Veracode has. But in our organization, we use the GUI report generation more than the SBOM report because there is an executive summary in the GUI report with regard to first-party and third-party flaws. It also has the mitigation steps. SBOM would only give you the list of softwares, libraries, and versions that are being used. It is not as detailed as the GUI report that Veracode provides.
Things to consider when looking at Veracode include the different integration points where you want to integrate Veracode, how big your organization is, and how many applications you want to do security analysis on. If it's a big organization, Veracode is obviously a solution to evaluate, but for a small organization, below 500 apps, it might be a little pricey. Also, you will need a couple of Veracode champions on your team who know it inside out. You will need training provided by Veracode, so make sure that is included during the procurement stage. That will help you implement the tool within your organization faster and much more efficiently.
I would have given Veracode a nine out of 10 a couple of years back, but given the tools that are coming out on the market, and the scope of development, which is increasing, I would place it at eight.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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VP of Engineering at Resola Inc
I like the ease of integration and onboarding
Pros and Cons
- "I like Veracode's ease of integration and onboarding. You can quickly and easily get started with a new project or application. That's one area where Veracode shines relative to other tools we've evaluated. Other tools need more work or an engineer to do the setup. With Veracode, you can do the onboarding in a few steps quickly."
- "When Veracode updates the pool of tests and security checks, it could be a little more transparent about what it is releasing. It's not clear what it's adding. They do thousands of checks, and when they add more, there aren't many details about what the new tests are doing."
What is our primary use case?
Veracode is a DAST solution that we use for automated security scans of our APIs and front end. We perform daily scans of our applications so we can act on the results quickly instead of routine security audits that we might do yearly or quarterly. It's a complement to the standard penetration test suite.
How has it helped my organization?
Veracode helps us improve our overall security and build trust with our customers. For example, some of our customers have strict security requirements, and they need us to use more products. It helps our business by building confidence in our products' security. Veracode improves our sales and helps us secure contracts because we can demonstrate what we are doing to the clients.
We can use it in our dev environment to detect issues early before they get into production. It saves time equivalent to one full-time security engineer. We have around 60 people on the team, but we don't need a security engineer. Our regular engineers can fix the issues themselves based on Veracode's report.
What is most valuable?
I like Veracode's ease of integration and onboarding. You can quickly and easily get started with a new project or application. That's one area where Veracode shines relative to other tools we've evaluated. Other tools need more work or an engineer to do the setup. With Veracode, you can do the onboarding in a few steps quickly.
Another beneficial feature is Veracode's reporting. The report not only outlines the security issues in detail but also offers some solutions. Even if one of our backend engineers isn't specialized in security, they can still fix the issue solely based on the suggestions in the report.
What needs improvement?
When Veracode updates the pool of tests and security checks, it could be a little more transparent about what it is releasing. It's not clear what it's adding. They do thousands of checks, and when they add more, there aren't many details about what the new tests are doing.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have used Veracode for 2 years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
I rate Veracode 10 out of 10 for stability.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Veracode support 8 out of 10.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
Veracode is the first tool we purchased specifically for DAST testing. We we use altered secure tools, and we used to do penetration test, but using people. Right? Not not automated.
How was the initial setup?
Deploying Veracode was straightforward. There weren't many steps. We needed to prepare our API specifications and set up our system.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The price is worth it. You have to consider the cost versus the security Veracode provides. It's also cheaper than the other solutions we considered.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Veracode 9 out of 10.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
If public cloud, private cloud, or hybrid cloud, which cloud provider do you use?
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
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Lead Architect, Presales lead at Alerant Zrt.
Used for legacy software audits and allows us to audit the software without the source code
Pros and Cons
- "The most valuable feature of Veracode is the binary scan feature for auditing, which allows us to audit the software without the source code."
- "Veracode should provide more flexibility in its pricing and licensing modules so that it could be more affordable for all types of projects and not only for very active mission-critical projects."
What is our primary use case?
We use Veracode mainly for legacy software audits.
What is most valuable?
The most valuable feature of Veracode is the binary scan feature for auditing, which allows us to audit the software without the source code. Veracode's most valuable feature is the verified vulnerability database, and we can do a full software audit at our company, including all of the systems.
What needs improvement?
Veracode should provide more flexibility in its pricing and licensing modules so that it could be more affordable for all types of projects and not only for very active mission-critical projects.
With the solution's security audit feature, an enterprise should be able to cover all of its applications with the desktops. Veracode is simply too expensive for that. If you know about the price of a web application, and if you multiply it by 1,000, the return on investment doesn't work. It's okay for one or two projects running very fast, but it doesn't work for all the legacies. So, it's a huge amount of money.
There should be some lighter tool that allows you to do some audit scanned one time. Only ten percent of the applications are actively developed. About 90% of the other applications have no projects or budgets, but we are still vulnerable. It is too much if you buy it for all of that.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Veracode for three years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Veracode is a completely stable solution, and we had no problems with its stability. The solution was a bit slow, but it was stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We didn’t face any issues with the solution’s scalability.
How are customer service and support?
We know only one person from Veracode, and he supported us when we had issues, and he was able to solve everything.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have previously used Checkmarx. Veracode's pricing is cheaper than Checkmarx, and it has some unique features like binary scan. In Hungary, Checkmarx is installed more than Veracode.
How was the initial setup?
The solution’s initial setup was very easy. Only one or two people are needed for the initial setup of the solution.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Veracode is a very expensive product.
What other advice do I have?
Veracode can list a lot of vulnerabilities, but processing all of them is a time- and resource-intensive process. I think Veracode has no innovative features because a lot of other software can do that. In our opinion, innovative features are a commodity with Veracode, but they are doing a good job.
The solution's ability to provide visibility into application status at every phase of development is valuable. It can be faster, but it can also slow down because our backlog may be much longer. There will be a lot of vulnerabilities or false positives that have to be processed. So, it is not black and white, but it is safer. Veracode has helped our developers save time.
Veracode has had a very low impact on our organization’s overall security posture because it is a very expensive product. An enterprise with 1,000 applications uses the solution for one or two applications. Veracode does not need any maintenance because it's cloud-based.
Veracode is very important to our organization’s shift-left security strategy when we have a project with enough sources to provide the license. I use Veracode’s cloud version. The return on investment with Veracode is good for one or two mission-critical projects running in the company. For other things, users should use open-source solutions or much cheaper products like SonarQube that are not as good as Veracode.
The fact that Veracode scans only binary code and doesn't scan source code concerns me sometimes. Sometimes, we have to do some source repository audits. We cannot use Veracode for source repository audits because it scans only binary code. I would recommend Veracode to other users.
Overall, I rate the solution ten out of ten.
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Data scientist at Advarisk
Identifies bugs before deployment in the software-side cycle process
Pros and Cons
- "The integration capabilities with our existing development tools are very good."
- "The solution does take a bit more time when we use it for multiple processes."
What is our primary use case?
We use the solution for identifying bugs before deployment in the software-side cycle process.
It can be integrated with our CL and CDProp pipeline, and it can be used with multiple integrations in our Visual Studio Code editor. That's the main use case.
How has it helped my organization?
We've saved a lot of time since using Veracode. We've also been able to cut down on costs since we require a lot of penetration tests for testing our software. Veracode helps us drastically reduce these costs. We've cut our costs down by 40%.
What is most valuable?
The solution provides us with a feature that we can directly use with static and dynamic analysis. With static analysis, we can use it while the app is not running, and with dynamic analysis, we can scan our application while it is running. It provides efficiency and also saves a lot of time for penetration testing and bug testing.
The capabilities of the analysis of the code base can help us effectively detect potential vulnerabilities. This is the most valuable feature we found. It can be integrated with multiple code editors, and it can also be integrated with various CI/CD pipelines.
The dynamic analytics is efficient. It helps us identify bugs while the app is running. We find that this ability is way better than its competitor.
Our impression of the solution's ability to prevent vulnerable code from going into production is positive. Prior to Veracode, we used to deploy our apps, and it used to be an expensive process to fix the bugs and all the potential vulnerabilities after deployment. Now, we have access to AI. It has AI tools, which have been trained with a lot of data sets. It helps us to detect bugs and fix them.
We use the free access to VeriCloud's application security consulting team. The consulting team has helped us a lot, and we've had positive experiences with the vendors. It is efficient and very fast. It takes less than two or three days, and they always respond positively. They are really fast at solving our problems. It's important for us to have access to an application security consulting team at no extra cost.
We use Veracode's AI-generated fixes. They make fewer errors and are very accurate. We've had a very positive experience. They've saved approximately seven hours of debugging and error finding versus the manual penetration testing process.
The solution's policy reporting for insurance compliance with industry standards and regulations is very helpful. It's fast as well. The team helps us at every step of the product life cycle. They provide us with very useful visibility into things like static analysis, composition analysis, and manual penetration. It significantly helps us to reduce the time that we have to manually fix the bugs, and it also provides us with an efficient solution for future cases via past analysis through its data algorithm. We've saved six to eight hours compared to manual fixing.
Veracode has had a positive impact on our organization's ability to fix flaws compared to the prior. It has reduced our costs and time, and it has also provided us with multiple security functions. That, and it's made our application a lot more secure. It really helps our devs free up time due to less debugging needed on their part.
The solution has helped us a lot with our overall security posture. Many security features were fixed prior to release, and we've been able to reduce manpower and employee count. We've reduced teams from six or seven people to two or three.
The integration capabilities with our existing development tools are very good. The integration process was easy. It has stable APIs.
What needs improvement?
The solution does take a bit more time when we use it for multiple processes. When we use it for a single process, it takes up less time. The cost also goes up when we use it for multiple processes.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for six months.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The solution is very stable. We haven't come across any bugs.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Our security team of three uses the solution.
It's great for scaling. We can use it on multiple projects which involve multiple security flows.
How are customer service and support?
Technical support has been very fast and efficient. The team helps us at every phase of the development cycle.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We did not use a different solution. Previously, we relied on manual testing.
How was the initial setup?
We deployed the solution in about three months. We had a team of eight working on the implementation. During the process, I was in charge of, IT was in charge of security, and the AI algorithm.
We don't require any maintenance.
What was our ROI?
Even after six months, we've seen an ROI. In terms of resources, it's great for cost-cutting. It also generally cuts costs by 40%.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is moderate for particular processes. However, if we take an entire process in general, it can be costly. It's more economical to use it for single purposes instead of generalizing processes.
Thanks to its algorithm, Veracode is an on-demand service that can be very cost-effective. With so many features, we no longer require many people to test.
If they are worried about pricing, people should try out their demo feature, which is available online. That way, they can demo and evaluate how it would work for them. If it works for their team and product, they may find it can optimize their processes. Of course, it depends on the use case.
What other advice do I have?
I'd advise colleagues considering Veracode to evaluate the specific requirements for their application and do an in-depth analysis. I would recommend it as a product.
I'd rate the solution ten out of ten.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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An easy-to-use tool with a helpful community and an efficient technical support team
Pros and Cons
- "The SAST and DAST modules are great."
- "It will be beneficial for developers if Veracode Greenlight includes Python."
What is our primary use case?
The solution is used for performing application security processes like source code assessment, dynamic assessment, and SCA.
How has it helped my organization?
We sell the product to our customers. We are a vendor.
What is most valuable?
The SAST and DAST modules are great. The scanning part is also good. It’s pretty easy and convenient to use. Everything is described within the product. Almost everything is available in the community and the guidelines.
What needs improvement?
Veracode Greenlight scans the code while the developer writes it. It will be beneficial for developers if Veracode Greenlight includes Python.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using the solution for almost one year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
The tool is stable.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
The scalability of the product depends upon the pricing. The price is a bit high for a small company. It is suitable for a large company.
How are customer service and support?
Support is very good. The support team resolves some issues within 24 hours.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
I tried a few solutions before using Veracode. Veracode is better because it is convenient to use. The solution’s dashboard and features are pretty good. It is the topmost product among the other tools that I used. It is pretty simplified. Veracode has a lot of options to do authenticated scans. Veracode’s simplified features are helpful for people who use different authentication methodologies.
How was the initial setup?
We are using the SaaS version of the solution. The initial deployment was pretty easy. The CI/CD pipeline has a lot of dependencies, like connecting with Jenkins and Jira. If we directly upload the code to the cloud, we can deploy the product within a single day. If we do it in the CI/CD pipeline, it will take some time.
What about the implementation team?
One person can deploy the product. I haven’t had any maintenance-related issues with the solution. Whatever new vulnerabilities come, they are already updated in the database. Since we are a partner, it will be helpful if Veracode notifies us whenever it releases the vulnerability reports. We cannot always check the portal.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The product’s price is a bit higher compared to other solutions. However, the tool provides good vulnerability and database features. It is worth the money.
What other advice do I have?
Veracode provides policy reporting to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations. It is beneficial. The product also provides features to create custom policies. Most false-positives cases come under DAST. The false positives depend on the code. Veracode provides around 5% false positives.
The solution shows the vulnerabilities in the code and provides generic remediations for it. We must then search it on Google. The product’s community is also good. Sometimes, the product provides solutions in the community. These solutions work well on the production level.
I have also used the SCA features which help with identifying vulnerabilities in applications's third-party components. The Veracode user interface is so convenient and easy to use. Anyone can run a scan and generate a report easily.
The solution provides absolute visibility into application status at every phase of development. The users can get visibility through the CI/CD pipeline. The time taken to complete the scans depends on how much code is present in a specific application and how big the application is.
Veracode introduced a new module named Veracode Fix, which automates the fixes for insecure software with AI-generated secure code suggestions where the developer does not have to spend time searching and remediating the vulnerabilities. The developer does not have to spend time searching for vulnerabilities. Sometimes, the tool gives a generic recommendation, sometimes specific recommendations. It will be helpful if it always provides specific recommendations. The amount of time saved hinges on factors such as code complexity, the programming language employed, and the developer's proficiency in secure coding. If anyone uses Veracode throughout the entire process of building an application, from the start of development to the final production stage, can result in a time savings of around 30% to 40% when leveraging various security measures of the platform.
Veracode has had a good impact on our organization’s overall security posture. If we choose to take the complete Veracode module, we can have security from the initial step to the production phase.
I will recommend others to implement the solution. Veracode is in the Gartner Magic Quadrant. It is doing a good job.
Overall, I rate the product a nine out of ten.
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Devops Engineer at Accenture
Good scanning, manages security risks, and prevents vulnerable code from going into production
Pros and Cons
- "The deployment mode is very useful."
- "The pricing is worth it."
- "It's taking too much time to do a quality scan."
What is our primary use case?
We have data deployments for B2B and B2C with the product. Before we used a deployment center like Jenkins. We use it for backend content.
What is most valuable?
We've only used the solution for a year; it hasn't been that long.
The deployment mode is very useful.
We like that it can prevent vulnerable code from going into production.
We use the low-level elements and do greenlight deployment through Veracode.
It helps us manage our licensing and security risks. However, we are in the implementation process right now. So far, it's okay and working fine.
It's good that we can do a full code scan, front to back, or vice versa.
We mostly use the policy scan and vulnerability scan mostly.
The security is okay.
What needs improvement?
The reporting can be difficult. It's not very easy.
It's taking too much time to do a quality scan. It hasn't saved us much time. Deployment was three or four months ago. We did a policy scan using a greenlight deployment. When we do the deployment in Jenkins, we can do it faster. In Veracode, it can take four hours or even eight hours.
We don't like how long it takes to do a deployment. It should deploy more quickly.
For how long have I used the solution?
I've used the solution for a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
While there is no lagging or crashing, it takes too much time to deploy.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
We haven't had any issues with scalability. That said, currently we are not scaling. Previously it was fine. Currently, we're not scaling.
How are customer service and support?
Currently, we do not use support. We don't communicate with them.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We have used SAP and Jenkins in the past.
How was the initial setup?
The deployment takes too long.
I was not directly involved in the deployment of Veracode. I generally use Jenkins only.
Two people are typically involved in the deployment.
Every week, on Friday, we put the servers down, and every Monday, we put them back up, to save on costs.
What about the implementation team?
The deployment is automated using Jenkins. We just need some parameters to deploy the code to the environment.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
The pricing is worth it. However, users need to go through the documentation first to get a handle on the implementation. Users might need the help of a support platform.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
We did not evaluate other options before choosing this solution.
What other advice do I have?
I'm not sure how much visibility we are getting using the solution.
The false positive rate we haven't really looked into. We need to learn more about it.
We are just end users, not partners.
I'd rate the solution eight out of ten.
It's a good idea to look at the documentation. Be very cautious when implementing servers.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Hybrid Cloud
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Systems Engineer at Shiftmovers
By continuously scanning our applications, we can mitigate risks that may arise in some workflows
Pros and Cons
- "Veracode's most valuable aspect is continuous integration. It helps us integrate with other applications so that it can monitor the security process."
- "Veracode is a little costly. It's cost-effective for a large enterprise, but it may be too expensive for small businesses."
What is our primary use case?
Veracode helps scan applications for security purposes to ensure they are safe before deployment. The solution is continuously monitoring the security of our infrastructure and workflows. About five people use the solution across our organization.
How has it helped my organization?
Our security posture has improved since we implemented Veracode because our developers have a better understanding of the security risks that may arise due to some actions we take on various projects and tasks. We're more aware of how vulnerabilities can be introduced into our daily work.
Veracode has reduced the amount we spend to remedy security risks by about 60 percent. Security testing is much easier than before. The time needed to address vulnerabilities can affect the workflows and lead to late delivery of our services across customers. It has helped us to mitigate risks by effectively monitoring workflows. The conditional scanning procedures we previously used have been replaced by modern systematic algorithms.
Veracode saves time and costs because it's flexible in terms of an organization's data requirements. It can provide data intelligence from various work platforms and guidance on the best practices for security mitigation so we can safeguard our data in various work processes.
The solution enables us to establish a strategic policy management infrastructure to monitor the performance of each application periodically and report on the security performance. The dynamic analysis gives us feedback from time to time and performance metrics inside the program interface.
This platform is one of the most efficient and effective tools for upgrading applications to meet an organization's performance standards and policies. It helps us improve our development because sometimes the coding procedure might not reflect the latest threats.
What is most valuable?
Veracode's most valuable aspect is continuous integration. It helps us integrate with other applications so that it can monitor the security process. By continuously scanning our applications, we can mitigate risks that may arise in some workflows. It streamlines compliance, policy management, and reporting on various data analytics. We use it daily to gain insight into our work processes.
The solution is built into our SecOps program. It offers modern policy management, essential support, and analytics features. It's efficient with fast and powerful risk-mitigation tools.
What needs improvement?
I think Veracode could integrate some advanced technologies to better address new threats as they arise.
For how long have I used the solution?
We have used Veracode for about a year.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Veracode has been a stable product. We've had some downtime, but it has performed well overall.
How are customer service and support?
I rate Veracode support a nine out of ten. Veracode's support team has always been helpful. When we contact them by phone or online chat, they respond quickly with a solution within the time frame established in our support contract.
How would you rate customer service and support?
Positive
How was the initial setup?
Deploying Veracode was straightforward, and we had help from the vendor's support team. Our deployment team has six members, and the whole process took about three weeks.
After deployment, the product requires some maintenance. We sometimes face some networking challenges that require repairs, and we need to periodically update some tools.
What was our ROI?
Veracode is a good investment, and I can recommend it to anyone who is looking for the best security tester. I estimate that we saw a 60 percent ROI this year, and it continues.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
Veracode is a little costly. It's cost-effective for a large enterprise, but it may be too expensive for small businesses.
What other advice do I have?
I rate Veracode an eight out of ten. I would recommend it to others who need to do testing for application performance or security and risk management.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
On-premises
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