SCA vs SAST vs DAST in Safeguard: which scanner finds what, and when
Safeguard SCA (GA) finds known flaws in your dependencies, SAST (GA) traces flaws in your code, and DAST (GA) tests the running app.
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Safeguard SCA (GA) finds known flaws in your dependencies, SAST (GA) traces flaws in your code, and DAST (GA) tests the running app.
Upload a supplier's SPDX or CycloneDX SBOM to Safeguard, match it to CVEs with EPSS and KEV, load the vendor's VEX, then track each new version in TPRM.
Safeguard SCA (GA) traces deep transitive paths and flags unused dependency candidates. Dependency confusion is stopped by how you set up package sources.
Control flow integrity stops hijacked returns and indirect calls. Learn Intel CET, Arm PAC and BTI, Clang CFI, Windows CFG and how to verify them.
Linux IMA hashes files as they load, logs them into TPM PCR 10 and can refuse unsigned files; EVM guards their metadata. How to set up and attest both.
Regulation SCI requires written policies with regular reviews and testing to find vulnerabilities, plus an annual SCI review. How to cover open source.
Safeguard SAST scans Java source with no build step, traces untrusted input from source to sink, and maps each finding to CWE and OWASP.
Connect GitLab.com or a reachable self-managed GitLab to Safeguard with a Reporter token, scan projects, gate merge requests in CI and review fix MRs.
Connect GitHub to Safeguard with a read-only fine-grained token to scan repos; add write permissions only for fix PRs and the quality gate commit status.
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