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Snyk

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🛠️ Snyk

Snyk is a developer-first security platform focused on identifying and fixing vulnerabilities in code, open source dependencies, containers, and infrastructure as code (IaC). It enables DevSecOps by integrating security into the development lifecycle.

🔍 Overview

  • Type: Developer Security Platform
  • Founded: 2015
  • Specialties:
    • Open Source Security (SCA)
    • Container Security
    • IaC Security
    • Code Security (SAST)
    • Supply Chain Security
    • SBOM (Software Bill of Materials)

🧠 Key Products

🧩 Snyk Open Source

  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
  • Detects known vulnerabilities in package managers (npm, pip, Maven, etc.)
  • License compliance & transitive dependency scanning

🛠️ Snyk Code

  • Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
  • Fast, developer-friendly scanning of proprietary source code
  • Detects code-level vulnerabilities like SSRF, XSS, SQLi, etc.

📦 Snyk Container

  • Container image scanning (Docker, OCI)
  • Checks base image for known CVEs
  • Layer-by-layer insights
  • Integrates with Docker Hub, ECR, GCR, etc.

⚙️ Snyk Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

  • Scans Terraform, Kubernetes YAML, CloudFormation, ARM, etc.
  • Detects insecure defaults, misconfigurations
  • Shift-left security for DevOps pipelines

📜 Snyk License Compliance

  • Identifies license types in open source components
  • Helps ensure compliance with enterprise/legal policy

🚀 Integrations

  • Dev Environments: VS Code, JetBrains, Eclipse, CLI
  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab, Jenkins, CircleCI, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket
  • Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure
  • Container Registries: Docker Hub, Harbor, Quay, ECR, GCR

🧰 Features

  • Developer-centric UX: PR checks, inline suggestions
  • Continuous monitoring of codebase
  • SBOM generation and export
  • Policy as code with Snyk CLI
  • REST APIs for custom workflows

🚨 Use Cases

  • 🔐 Find and fix vulnerabilities early in the SDLC
  • 📦 Manage risk from third-party packages
  • 🐳 Secure containers from build to deploy
  • ☁️ Ensure secure infrastructure provisioning
  • ✅ Enforce security and license compliance policies

🧪 Free & Paid Plans

  • Free tier for individual developers (with limits)
  • Paid tiers for teams, enterprises, and high-volume scanning
  • Enterprise features: SSO, advanced reporting, custom rules

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🏷️ Tags

snyk
devsecops
scanning
opensourcesecurity
sast
containersecurity
infrastructureascode
iac
sbom
supplychainsecurity
devtools
cybersecurity
securedevelopment

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