Why Checkmarx
Checkmarx: A simpler application security solution that integrates wherever and however developers need
Benefits
Mend.io (formerly known as WhiteSource) and Checkmarx are similar in that they both support application security across every stage of the software development lifecycle. However, Checkmarx’s developer-friendly features, leading capabilities from code-to-cloud, and advanced DevSecOps capabilities – such as prioritized remediation recommendations – help explain why analysts recognize Checkmarx as a leader in the AppSec space.
Feature Spotlight
With Checkmarx, developers and security teams can benefit from AI-driven innovations like automated remediation guidance. These capabilities reduce the time it takes to fix security flaws – which in turn reduces developer toil, while also helping to minimize the risk of breaches. Checkmarx has the largest repository of malicious packages, and scans over one million packages each month – far more than Mend. With Mend, you’re lacking context on known attackers and vulnerable packages.
Exploitable path
Finding application security risks is one thing. Determining how attackers can exploit them is another – which is why Checkmarx’s exploitable path capabilities are so powerful. Exploitable paths help developers and security analysts understand quickly how a vulnerability may, or may not, threaten their organization.
Although Mend.io can also in some cases determine whether vulnerabilities are exploitable, it doesn’t offer granular detail about exploitable paths. As a result, Mend leaves development and security teams on their own to determine exactly how attackers can exploit vulnerabilities it identifies.
Finding application security risks is one thing. Determining how attackers can exploit them is another – which is why Checkmarx’s exploitable path capabilities are so powerful. Exploitable paths help developers and security analysts understand quickly how a vulnerability may, or may not, threaten their organization.
Although Mend.io can also in some cases determine whether vulnerabilities are exploitable, it doesn’t offer granular detail about exploitable paths. As a result, Mend leaves development and security teams on their own to determine exactly how attackers can exploit vulnerabilities it identifies.
Vulnerability remediation
Although Mend.io offers some capabilities for helping developers to remediate security risks, its features in this area are not as robust as Checkmarx’s. For example, Checkmarx offers prioritized remediation guidance that factors in runtime context to generate recommendations about which vulnerabilities to remediate first.
Although Mend.io offers some capabilities for helping developers to remediate security risks, its features in this area are not as robust as Checkmarx’s. For example, Checkmarx offers prioritized remediation guidance that factors in runtime context to generate recommendations about which vulnerabilities to remediate first.
Malicious package detection
Mend.io and Checkmarx can both help to identify malicious packages lurking within software supply chains. However, Mend.io focuses on vulnerabilities in open source packages, whereas Checkmarx offers a more comprehensive security solution by covering not just open source components but also providing in-depth static analysis of proprietary and AI generated code.
Limitations like these make it challenging to secure complex applications using AppScan. They also increase the burden placed on developers, who need to spend more time setting up scans and troubleshooting scanning issues.
Checkmarx One offers the opposite – a simple developer experience that minimizes cognitive load and workflow completion time. As one customer put it, “Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.”
Mend.io and Checkmarx can both help to identify malicious packages lurking within software supply chains. However, Mend.io focuses on vulnerabilities in open source packages, whereas Checkmarx offers a more comprehensive security solution by covering not just open source components but also providing in-depth static analysis of proprietary and AI generated code.
Limitations like these make it challenging to secure complex applications using AppScan. They also increase the burden placed on developers, who need to spend more time setting up scans and troubleshooting scanning issues.
Checkmarx One offers the opposite – a simple developer experience that minimizes cognitive load and workflow completion time. As one customer put it, “Compared to the solutions we used previously, Checkmarx has reduced our workload by almost 75%.”
Checkmarx One vs. Mend.io
Feature | Feature | Mend.io (formerly WhiteSource) |
Checkmarx One |
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Security capabilities | |||
Security capabilities | Offers all core application security capabilities, including SAST, DAST and SCA. However, capabilities are limited in some areas, such as detecting risks in packages that are not open source. | Covers SAST, DAST, SCA, API security, Container Security, IaC scanning, and more in one tightly integrated platform. Capabilities include advanced risk detection, such as scanning of AI-generated code. | |
Integrations | |||
Integrations | Supports a range of integrations, but deploying and managing them can be complex. | Supports a broad range of integrations, many of which can be deployed in minutes using plugins. | |
Developer experience | |||
Developer experience | Complex product setup is a common user complaint and UI can be challenging to work with. | User-friendly interface combined with simple deployment and configuration processes let developers focus on finding and fixing issues. | |
Vulnerability exploitability | |||
Vulnerability exploitability | Does not offer detailed information about exploitability. | Exploitable paths allow developers to determine quickly how vulnerabilities can be exploited – and, by extension, how best to fix them. | |
Remediation guidance | |||
Remediation guidance | Offers basic remediation guidance, but advice is often generic, leaving it to developers to determine exactly how to implement suggestions. | Advanced, detailed remediation guidance helps developers fix security flaws fast. Automated remediation is available as well. | |
Pricing | |||
Pricing | Opaque pricing model that doesn’t necessarily scale efficiently based on usage. | Transparent, scalable pricing that is easy to optimize for different use cases. |
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