Snyk

Snyk is a developer-first security platform designed to help development teams find and fix vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle. By integrating directly into developer tools including IDEs, CLI, SCM systems, and CI/CD pipelines, Snyk enables developers to identify and remediate security issues without leaving their existing workflows.

The developer-first approach is what distinguishes Snyk from traditional application security tools. Whereas legacy security scanners are typically run by security teams and produce reports that developers must interpret and act on, Snyk is designed for developers to use directly. It presents findings in the context of the code being written, provides fix suggestions and auto-fix pull requests, and integrates with the tools developers already use every day.

Snyk Open Source scans application dependencies for known vulnerabilities by comparing them against the Snyk vulnerability database, which contains over one million vulnerability records sourced from public databases and Snyk's proprietary research team. For each vulnerability found, Snyk provides a severity score, a description of the issue, affected versions, remediation advice, and often a one-click upgrade to a fixed version. The auto-fix feature generates a pull request with the necessary dependency updates automatically.

Snyk Code is a static application security testing (SAST) engine that analyzes first-party code for security vulnerabilities in real time. Powered by a semantic code analysis engine trained on millions of open source code examples, Snyk Code understands code flow and data flow, enabling it to detect complex vulnerability patterns such as injection flaws, authentication bypasses, and insecure deserialization across JavaScript, TypeScript, Python, Java, Go, C/C++, C#, and other languages.

Snyk Container scans container images for vulnerabilities in the base image and application dependencies. It integrates with Docker, container registries (Docker Hub, Amazon ECR, Google Container Registry, Azure Container Registry), and Kubernetes to provide continuous vulnerability monitoring of running workloads and registries.

Snyk Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scans Terraform, CloudFormation, Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, ARM templates, and other IaC formats for misconfigurations and compliance violations. This shifts security left by catching infrastructure issues during development rather than after deployment.

The Snyk AppRisk product provides a developer security program management layer that gives AppSec teams visibility into risk across all applications and development teams, enabling prioritization based on asset criticality and business context. Snyk integrates with hundreds of development, security, and operations tools through its extensive integration ecosystem.