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Veracode [Private Offer Only]

Carahsoft Technology Corp.

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    PavanKumar18

We like the secrets detection feature

  • October 23, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use Veracode as part of our development pipelines. It gives us security feedback when we run our applications. Our applications are completely containerized in Docker images with a .NET 4.6 architecture. These are web-based applications, so we want to know that all the HTTP requests are secured. The tool provides us with feedback to ensure that our application security is robust.

We are primarily running Veracode to check for vulnerabilities after the build. There is no pre-build process. We are running a post-build static analysis and dynamic analysis. We run it at the end of the development process.

How has it helped my organization?

Veracode's ability to detect security vulnerabilities is excellent. We can feel confident that none of the vulnerabilities will make it into production. It doesn't take long to realize the benefits from it. The interface is intuitive. We could start to see value from Veracode within a couple of weeks.

We don't have many false positives. We're using the tool's default rules and haven't done much customization. We can feel confident in the solution's results.
We can identify most of the issues before the production stage, and it also enables us to develop better practices in the development process. We also have a security testing team using Veracode to discover vulnerabilities. The discovery of issues after static analysis is super-efficient. It reduces our time spent on these tasks by about 30 percent.

Veracode has had a positive impact on our overall security posture. It's comprehensive, which is critical because our applications are mostly integrated, so we don't want to take any chances.

What is most valuable?

One thing we like is the secret detection feature. It has helped us to discover keys stored in our settings file as a TXT document. We can address that vulnerability by using encryption. We can even scan Docker images for vulnerabilities. Static analysis is another good feature of Veracode because we can run a security scan during development to identify the vulnerabilities.

Veracode helps us prevent vulnerabilities from entering production. We can put it into the pipeline and set an acceptable limit for vulnerabilities. If the number of vulnerabilities is under the threshold, we can deploy automatically.

What needs improvement?

Veracode's container scanning could be improved. We containerize all the platforms we use inside a Docker image. For example, we create a Microsoft Docker image that we build our application on top of. I would like Veracode to implement IT scans before we commit the code.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have only used Veracode for a year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veracode is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Veracode is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I rate Veracode support eight out of 10.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We evaluated another solution briefly but we decided to keep Veracode. Veracode has some issues with container scanning, and we have some container-based applications. We considered bringing in another tool for container scanning, but it was too expensive and Veracode was able to mitigate the issues well enough.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Veracode is affordable. It offers a good value for the security benefits it offers, especially if you're working with applications that involve payment processing. You cannot afford to take chances there.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Veracode nine out of 10. I recommend Veracode, depending on the type of application you are scanning. It's a leading solution in this domain. Veracode is the first name that comes to mind when people are talking about security scanning.


    reviewer2296401

Helps save our developers time, improves our security posture, and increases visibility

  • October 18, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We are using Veracode to shift development left. Therefore, we want to train our team of third-party vendors and improve our code security.

How has it helped my organization?

Veracode has been effective at preventing vulnerable code from entering production. I can easily enable the support team. Additionally, the reports are free. Although we are at the beginning of our journey, I can see that Veracode is capturing vulnerabilities.

The cooperation between the security team and the development team is improving, and our security team's visibility is increasing. As a result, we are achieving better and better results, and Veracode is helping to improve our security posture.

I am using Veracode's preconfigured policies because I find them useful and complex.

I am satisfied with Veracode's visibility into application status at every phase of development.

We can see that false positives are quite low, around five to ten percent.

We can add notes to any false positives during static analysis testing so that our developers can see the notes and avoid wasting time on them.

Veracode's reporting function and executive summary help us emphasize the security of our business-critical products to our business, which also helps us get sponsorship from our management to fix flaws and move forward.

Veracode helps our developers save 10 percent of their time by identifying security flaws early in the development process. This allows us to fix the flaws before they go into production, which is more efficient and cost-effective.

Veracode has helped us improve our security posture.

What is most valuable?

The admin ID can be downloaded into Visual Studio, for example, and developers can use that directive without having to type code. I think this is the best feature of Veracode.

The integration of static testing with our Azure DevOps CI pipeline was easy.

What needs improvement?

Veracode's support could be better. It is limited and slow.

The security labs integration has room for improvement. Currently, it is not possible to see the security labs training reports on the dashboard. These reports are only available separately in the security labs platform. I think that adding the dashboards for integration would be a good area of improvement.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veracode for almost six months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veracode is stable.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Veracode is easy to scale.

How are customer service and support?

Technical support needs to improve its response times and the details of its responses.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was somewhat complex because some of the documentation was outdated, which caused some problems. There was confusion about how to implement the static pipeline scan. It took some time to find the correct articles and speak with the support team to implement Veracode.

The deployment took a couple of hours and required one DevOps and one tech person.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

Veracode is fairly priced.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

Before selecting Veracode, we evaluated SonarQube and Codacy. We chose Veracode because of its comprehensiveness and its ability to provide us with a solution for each phase of the software development life cycle. Veracode offers both dynamic code analysis and static code analysis solutions. With Veracode, we were able to get everything we needed in one place, without having to sign contracts with multiple vendors.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Veracode eight out of ten.

We deployed Veracode in one location and have ten users.

I recommend Veracode based on the script language being used.


    Calinescu Tudor

Quality of our code is much better, and we sleep well at night knowing we have closed a possible security leak

  • October 11, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use Veracode to scan server applications, and we also use it for SCA functionality and to scan pipelines of our other projects.

How has it helped my organization?

The quality of our code is much better now with structured utils meant for improving various topics related to security. Those are being applied consistently to various modules of the application. It enforces a type of structure and code changes to support future transformation.

What needs improvement?

False positives are a problem. Sometimes the flow paths are not accurate and don't represent real attack vectors, but this happens with every application that performs static analysis of the code. But it's under control. The number of false positives is not so high that it is unmanageable on our side. Once they are identified, you can mark them as false positives, and they can be accepted by the security project lead. After that, life goes on, and those will no longer be reported.

The problem is the time that you spend analyzing a flow to be sure that it is a false positive. Every problem that is reported as a security vulnerability has to be treated with maximum care by the developers. It is good, in the end, when it's a false positive instead of having a real vulnerability.

Because we are working on a huge application with lots of dependent sub-projects, there are 9 to 20 data paths. We have to check all of the vectors from all of these paths. If we decide that an attack vector might be susceptible to that attack, we start fixing it. But for the others, the attack vector is not relevant.

There is always room for improvement in any product; it's not something related specifically to Veracode. But in the case of Veracode, maybe they could improve the scanner to reduce the number of false positive events so that they remain only with the valid data paths that represent real attack vectors. We understand that this is quite hard to determine by just scanning the code.

Also, the UI of Veracode could be improved to permit better visualization of the issues and the grouping of the issues, with better filtering.

For how long have I used the solution?

We have been using Veracode for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We have seen delays in results on the order of hours, but there haven't been any crashes of their scanner. The solution is quite reliable, and all of the results from the scanning can be easily tracked in terms of time frame. You can see how your scanning has evolved, and there are no deviations due to a bug in the scanner.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

For small and medium-sized projects, it's quite scalable. You can use the sandbox scanner they provide, and it is fine. But for large applications, it is not scalable. We do manual uploads, and this is not scalable.

How are customer service and support?

We haven't called their support because we know how to interpret the results provided by their platform and how to mitigate the vulnerabilities that they have reported.

However, we have exchanged several emails to discuss some technical details of the solution that we applied it to, and everything was straightforward. There are no complaints from my side regarding what they said. Everything went smoothly and quickly.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have used certain plugins from Teamscale, which is also a static code analyzer, and it integrates with various plugins in Sonar. We have also used OWASP for static composition analysis, and we are still using the third-party application scanning from OWASP as a Maven plugin. We have also evaluated Black Duck.

Veracode was the first choice for doing static application security testing. It was ranked first a couple of times in the last few years, so it was a natural choice to go with the top product. Also, SAP has a partnership with Veracode for the application that they are selling. It was a win for us, SAP, and for Veracode.

How was the initial setup?

It took us one day to get ready to use the solution. We built the image and copied it during the night to several machines. The following day, we were ready to put it into the container registry in Azure, and then it could be used. We had a huge procedure and scripting. It was not simple.

The team that did it had about six engineers involved.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

It is an expensive solution, but it's the best solution available on the market. If you want something at the top, you have to pay a bit more than the average.

Regarding extra expenses, it depends on what you want to buy. They have certain bundles that provide support via a hotline system with customer service. They can provide you access to certain security laboratories. You can opt for several licenses to educate more developers to be responsible for the security of your applications. All of these change the initial cost.

Of course, if you add more things, you can benefit from a better price. It depends on your negotiation skills and the number of licenses you want to buy.

The price can vary from year to year, and prices usually go up. Maintenance for the servers that do the scanning takes money, as do CPU, power, and memory. And there are the reports that are kept in the history for checking and for ISO certification. Those costs build up during a year.

For example, we have to manually upload the application that we are scanning because it's quite big, and it takes one day to be scanned. That means their scanner runs for a day on this application, and then we get the results back. That means our application is heavily consuming resources of that cloud server. Those resources are no longer paid for directly by us. We delegate this job to Veracode to do it for us, and we pay for it. But we free up our servers locally and can do other jobs with them.

We aren't trying to reduce our costs. We are trying to improve the security and quality to be sure that we and our customers don't have security issues. At the end of the day, security is the most important part. With every new release and with every new year, we allocate more and more to these operations, to improve our overall security.

What other advice do I have?

Not every such application is able to prevent everything from going to production, but several issues can be spotted via the scanning of the code and resolved, and they are valid. There are many others that can be detected with additional tooling from OWASP, Sonar, et cetera.

We are not using the SBOM functionality from Veracode. We use another tool to create the software bill of materials. That solution is also able to scan Docker images, and it also provides details about what is inside the layers of the Docker image file.

In terms of visibility into application status at every phase of development, it depends on how able you are to scan your application. For large applications, you have to do manual uploads, which is the case for us. We don't do manual uploads on every build, but we trigger it at certain times when we want to create releases for customers. That helps with our accuracy, but it doesn't represent the exact moment when there is a problem in the application. We still have to analyze the commits and history, track things, and match them with the new flaws that have been found in the latest report.

Veracode doesn't save us time. We have to spend a lot of time fixing security issues, especially those that impact lots of dependencies, dependent code, and sub-projects. But in the end, we can sleep well at night knowing that we have closed a possible security leak within the code, which is better for everybody. Even if there is no real problem at that moment and you don't see any probability of that vulnerability appearing in production, it is better to take some time to fix it, and then you feel better.

It has provided what we were looking for in such an application, meaning static application security testing functionality. That was what we were interested in.


    Alice William

Provides detailed visibility, prevents vulnerable code, and has great support

  • October 06, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use Veracode to scan our websites at the beginning of the development process. When we are ready to launch a new application on the website, we upload it to Veracode for scanning. Veracode finds any vulnerabilities in the code and returns the results to us. We must then resolve all of the vulnerabilities and mitigate any risks before we can publish the application. We have also set up recurring scans, so that any time we release a new version of the same application, Veracode will automatically scan it again to ensure that we have not missed any vulnerabilities. We have been using Veracode for six or seven of our websites.

How has it helped my organization?

Veracode's ability to prevent vulnerable code from entering production is comprehensive and effective.

Veracode has been very helpful as a preliminary step to launching our products to ensure that they are secure. It has also helped our developers learn the security checkpoints that we need to follow so that they can code with security in mind.

It provides visibility into the status of our applications at every phase of development throughout the software development lifecycle. We heavily use the Veracode Greenlight plugin for Visual Studio to scan and check our code as we write it. Veracode also helps us to develop our applications securely. We have configured our QA websites to be scanned by Veracode so that we do not push anything into production that is insecure.

I recently encountered a Veracode false positive, but we immediately mitigated it on our end. Veracode also filed the case and will include it in their code to mark it as a false positive. We took action after that.

False positives are rare. Veracode provides us with enough information about the issue, so we can usually identify them as we go through the report. We are also learning from the issues and from Veracode itself. If a false positive is reported, it is fine and does not have a significant impact on us.

Veracode has been incorporated into our process, which helps us fix flaws. Whenever we develop external websites, we consider the code, the scanning, and everything else involved. This ensures that we are prepared and have enough time to receive the scan results and fix any issues. We have essentially incorporated this into the lifecycle of our project, which I believe is very valuable.

What is most valuable?

We like the fact that all the issues are identified and that Veracode provides sufficient information on how to resolve them. This is very helpful if we need to troubleshoot problems ourselves, as we have plenty of information at our disposal. Additionally, we appreciate the option to request a consultation directly from the issue itself. Whenever there is a problem, there is a small button that says "Reach out to a consultant." We can then schedule a call with a consultant who can help us resolve the issue.

What needs improvement?

Veracode provides us with some usage metrics. These metrics are based on the number of times we use Veracode, which is tied to our static scans. We only use static scans when we make changes to our code, and we have a part of our pipeline that runs the Veracode scan whenever we make a change or deploy the code. However, we don't deploy code very often because we have 20-30 websites in our company and we don't dedicate a lot of time to each individual website. So, when we do make changes, we will run the scan because it's part of the pipeline, but this has been affecting our usage metrics. We're not sure why Veracode's usage metrics are designed this way, but maybe they can provide some insight. We use these metrics, but we're now thinking about getting different metrics from Veracode. I started looking into setting up some dashboards myself so that we can have our own dashboard and statistics, such as how many flaws we've resolved in the past six months or how many issues we've identified when we're deploying a new website. We're more interested in these types of statistics than in how many times we're using Veracode because fixing flaws is the value that we're getting out of Veracode. Maybe setting up a new dashboard would be helpful, but that's something that Veracode can provide clarity or insight on.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veracode for four years.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Sometimes, the scans halt or drop for some reason, and we need to get help from Veracode to fix it. However, this is not a major issue.

How are customer service and support?

I opened a support ticket to use Veracode's consultant feature. When the consultant called me, the consultation was very smooth and easy. He had already reviewed the flaw that I had mentioned, my description of the issue, and the issue itself. He was able to provide good insight and help me resolve the issue quickly. I have done this a few times before, and the consultants are always well-prepared and give me all the suggestions I need. They already have a lot of information on their website, but they also go above and beyond by providing additional information and specific instructions when I schedule a consultation call. They have been very helpful in the past.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The deployment was straightforward. Three people were involved in the deployment.

What about the implementation team?

The implementation was completed in-house.

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Veracode nine out of ten.

Veracode has a bit of a learning curve to get used to its different modules, such as our integrations, APIs, and our policies, as well as getting insights. However, my experience is that once everything is set up and scanned on the website, I really like the process of reviewing the flaws that Veracode lists and responding to the resolution steps that it provides. I also appreciate the ability to set up a consultation call and have the issue resolved. I think these are the steps that I really like, and they are helpful to me as a developer. Veracode helps me to learn about security considerations first and foremost, both while creating an app and after, and that has been a good experience for me.


    reviewer2288880

Provides extraordinary support, scalable, stable, and has automatic expiration and renewal features

  • October 04, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

My use case for Veracode is for a front-end application, specifically an agent compensation calculation engine. That application is deployed through an EAR file, and then Veracode scans the EAR file and gives me the scan report to help me change and improve the file for future deployments.

What is most valuable?

What I found most valuable in Veracode is that it gives me a part-by-part report of the entire EAR file and lets me set up the application for a limited time. For example, I'm running an application via the dev ops pipeline. Hence, I need to create a pipeline application and a sandbox to connect with Veracode and then add my application. When you create a sandbox, you can create it full-time or for a limited time, so I created it for a limited time. Once that expires, Veracode allows you to automatically renew it, which is one of the features I find remarkable in Veracode.

I also like that for each integration in Veracode, there's documentation.

I also find the Veracode support team extraordinary because the team goes above and beyond to ensure you get the best experience.

I find Veracode essential in preventing vulnerable code from going into production because if there's a vulnerability, the solution finds it. For example, my code has many JavaScript front-end and EAR files with some vulnerabilities. Right now, I'm deploying my code, but in the future, I may have to improve it and change it to ensure the servers are secure, so in that way, Veracode becomes more important for the industry today.

Policy reporting in Veracode is good in terms of ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. I like that the solution is more flexible when working with applications, mainly because my organization has a good firewall. Veracode is flexible and allows the organization to connect to the firewall in various ways. The Veracode policy is flexible and has an entire page and record that connects with my application, industry, company, and server in different ways. It does not disturb my policies so that I can get my application to work.

The false positive rate for Veracode is about seventy-thirty because it gives the most accurate report. For example, my organization depends on the Veracode analysis to ensure the code is on point, so the organization is building the next BI based on the Veracode analysis.

Veracode has also helped my organization save time because, without the report, the development team would spend a lot of time figuring out what is wrong and why the application is vulnerable. Veracode points out what is happening and why the file size must be reduced, so it helps reduce mistakes in terms of time.

What needs improvement?

An area for improvement I found in Veracode is the connectivity because currently, my company uses a plugin for the dev-ops cloud-based connectivity. A pretty helpful feature would be if Veracode gives a direct code for connecting to the Oracle server directly and authenticating it via a unique server. Currently, my organization has to find a roundabout for that and then needs to build a separate pipeline and then connect that pipeline for Veracode to start.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've been using Veracode for the past two months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veracode has always been stable. It has good stability.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

I found Veracode scalable because it supports a variety of platforms. Though the support for other platforms is less, Veracode has been incorporating more support over time and offering other solutions as well.

If you're unable to set up the solution, the Veracode team has a consultation call to help you set up the solution. The team would even raise set-up-related issues with the Veracode engineering team, which was how I reached Veracode Technical Support, which was a good experience.

How are customer service and support?

I found Veracode Support extraordinary. I've been having an issue for the past month, and the team reached out to me and has been working with me for the past month, giving me various solutions to figure out how to solve the issue. It turns out it was a firewall issue, and I just had to go to the back-end and allow the back-end application, and now it is working fine.

The Veracode Support team was helpful and escalated my situation from level one to level two to level three, and finally, had the appropriate team reach out to me based on my issue. Then, within the span of two weeks, the team finally figured out the issue I was facing and gave me the final results and how I could fix it, so I found support good, fast, and responsive.

Overall, I had a pleasant experience with Veracode Support, so I rate support as eight out of ten.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

I didn't use a previous solution before Veracode.

How was the initial setup?

I wasn't involved in the initial deployment of Veracode.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

I have no information on the pricing or licensing cost for Veracode.

What other advice do I have?

I've not used the Software Bill of Materials in Veracode.

I'm unsure how the false positive rate affects developer confidence in Veracode on fixing vulnerabilities because I'm more of a DevOps user and don't work on development but automation.

I'm also unsure of the effect of Veracode on my organization's ability to fix flaws because I've not used it directly to fix any flaws. I report to the dev team, who then takes the report and fixes the flaws accordingly.

I'm unsure of the impact Veracode had on the overall security posture of my organization, as I didn't use it for that.

In my organization, Veracode has a hybrid cloud deployment.

The solution doesn't require any maintenance.

My rating for Veracode, overall, is eight out of ten.

What I'd tell others looking into buying the solution is that as far as DevOps is concerned, Veracode is a must-have. It's been helpful for my organization DevOps-wise, though I have no information on other Veracode offerings. I recommend that others buy Veracode.

My organization has a business relationship with Veracode. It's a Veracode partner.


    Gangadhar Reddy

Helps ensure compliance, clearly identifies vulnerable code, and saves us time

  • October 02, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

As a full-stack developer, I am also involved with DebOps tasks. When deploying to different environments, we have stages that must be passed as part of DevOps. One of the primary stages that must be passed while deploying to Jenkins is Veracode Analysis. We also have SonarQube analysis, which typically checks code quality, code coverage, and other aspects, such as whether there are any bots or vulnerabilities. Once the code quality test is passed, it enters Veracode analysis. During Veracode analysis, the code is checked for vulnerabilities. Veracode also checks to see if any outdated jobs are being used in the code and suggests better versions to use. All of this information is clearly displayed in the Veracode analysis results. Veracode is linked to JFrog Artifactory, which is a repository of all the jobs available on the market. Veracode uses this information to choose which jobs to use and which jobs to fix. Veracode also explains the possible errors in the code.

How has it helped my organization?

We do not receive many threats. The threats are very minimal. Therefore, I have never been in a situation where Veracode had to save me from vulnerable code entering production. However, it is still helpful for us and our managers to access our code to see what is happening and what can be improved using Veracode.

Veracode is constantly being updated and improved. I started using it in October 2022, and at first, we didn't receive much training on it. As a result, we struggled to understand its features at first. However, after some interface changes, I found it easier to catch up. After six months or so, we were able to easily identify and understand what was happening. We use SBOM, and I believe that Veracode is improving significantly in its ability to assess specific vulnerabilities. For example, they are now trying to identify SQL-related injections as well. This is something that I appreciate.

The policy reporting ensures compliance with industry standards and regulations. It also provides a detailed report with multiple options. We can easily generate a report of four to ten pages, or even a one-page report. I really like the way Veracode generates reports on assessments. It's my favorite feature.

It provides visibility into application status at every phase of development, but we must manually scan applications to check the assessment for a specific application or after deploying it to a particular environment. I think they can change this so it automatically scans for us.

The false positive rate is low.

Veracode has improved our organization's ability to fix flaws, and fixing vulnerabilities has sometimes required us to develop new features. This has actually helped us and made our applications better.

It has helped our developers save a lot of time. Jobs are constantly changing and upgrading, Veracode allows us to easily assess the security of our jobs in 10-15 minutes, instead of 40-60 minutes.

Veracode helps us improve our security posture. Once we identify and fix the vulnerabilities Veracode finds, we no longer face any threats.

What is most valuable?

The feature I like most in Veracode is that it clearly specifies the line in the entire file where a vulnerability is found. For example, if there is a vulnerability on line 32 of the demo.java file, Veracode will clearly state that and also tell me the severity of the threat, such as moderate, high, or very high.

What needs improvement?

The interface is basic and has room for improvement.

The main problem I have faced with Veracode is that it does not integrate well with JFrog Artifactory, the repository where all our jobs are stored. This means that sometimes jobs are not reflected in the Veracode report, which is a major drawback.

We have a Maven repository provided by Maven itself, which is widely used by all developers. It is the heart of these jobs, and every detail is available in the jobs. So when Veracode says that a specific job is not vulnerable, but the Maven repository says that it is, I don't think Veracode is updated daily. This is a problem because if I fix the job, taking two to three hours to do so, and then Veracode is updated two weeks later and linked to the Maven repository again, Veracode may show that the job is no longer vulnerable. This is a threat, as it wastes a lot of time for developers. As developers, we usually have deadlines to meet for moving to particular environments, such as UAT or production. Veracode is wasting our efforts by not being updated daily.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veracode for one year.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

The stability can be improved. There are times when we don't see our applications and have to ask a Veracode support person to add them.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Veracode is scalable, and we have not had any issues with the Microsoft and Solar components that we use. It has always worked seamlessly, and we have the ability to scale up to 15 components on our end.

How are customer service and support?

We only had to use the technical support once and it was fine.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Neutral

What other advice do I have?

I would rate Veracode eight out of ten.

There is minimal maintenance required from developers. The infrastructure team will take care of it. So, let's say there is one application, four microservice components, and six flow components. In that case, two members can easily maintain the Veracode platform.

I am one of five member developers from India who are using Veracode. We also have locations in Spain, Mexico, and London.

I recommend Veracode for organizations that are not in the cloud and still working on-premises.


    Freddy Bang.

Brings clarity to the flaws we can mitigate, increasing our security level to highest possible standard

  • September 22, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use it for security, to analyze our code.

How has it helped my organization?

It changes the DevSecOps process because we find flaws much earlier in the development life cycle, and we also spot third-party software that we don't allow on developers' machines.

It's bringing clarity to the flaws that we can mitigate, and that's the main purpose. We can have a brisk conversation about the flaws. Not all flaws need to be fixed because there might be other protection measures implemented.

Veracode has increased our level of security to the highest possible standard, so we have been able to be ISO certified and meet Microsoft compliance. We have met many industrial standards from a compliance perspective by having this high level of security and trust in our application. That applies to our platform as well, because the dynamic analysis has opened up vulnerabilities in the platform.

What is most valuable?

We are using three of the features. Static analysis, dynamic analysis, and the code composition for third parties. We also use their Security Labs for training.

Veracode does a great job of preventing vulnerable code from going into production, and its policy reporting for compliance is also very good. It meets our needs.

And if you use it correctly and bring early feedback into the developers' environment, it provides visibility into application status at every phase of development. But if you only use it as an analysis after the product has been built, then you don't have the whole life cycle. So it really depends on how you integrate Veracode. For us, it gives full insights.

What needs improvement?

There might be room for improvement in the in-app guidance and the tips and tricks for the developer about how to progress. We would like more insight into the development environment, where they would get guidance on how to avoid flaws.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veracode for the last three years.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We use SonarCloud, which does a different type of analysis on the static code but not on the compiled code. It's a different way of detecting security flaws.

How was the initial setup?

I was involved in the deployment of the solution all the way through, from purchase to acquisition and deployment. It involved a lot of new learning. But we had a very good implementation consultant from Veracode assigned to us who made it pretty simple for us. I don't think we could have done it ourselves.

We did a proof-of-value exercise, which included educating two senior developers. The total implementation time was about two months. We focused on one area of our application and got the scanning process up and running and stable. Then we started applying it to more applications.

We only used two people from our organization to complete the work. Then we educated all the developers about using the extension with the EDI. We then found a person who would be responsible on each delivery team who ensures that their application is maintained within our policy level. Each team is responsible for keeping their application within those standards.

What about the implementation team?

We got help directly from Veracode. I would rate their help at eight or nine out of 10. They helped us implement it into our pipelines, daily processes, and software. And they helped us understand how to mitigate the flaws and how to open up consultation hours if there was something we disagreed with, such as false positives. They gave us very good onboarding and implementation.

What was our ROI?

From a commercial perspective, the impact that the Veracode certification has had on our ability to sell to large enterprises is non-debatable. The return on investment has been met, for sure. It took six months and occurred when we had finished implementing and got the certification.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

We haven't really done any price checks on the competitors.

We purchased a Security Labs license to keep our developers trained in new security practices.

Every development company is different. If someone is looking at Veracode but concerned about the price, it probably depends on their technology stack. There are pros and cons for every decision. As a happy customer, I can say that the service level that I have received from Veracode has been high and understandable every time That also counts a lot. And it's not about the software; it's about how we actually utilize the software best.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We had three or four other candidates from the reports that we evaluated from a user review site, but we ended up deciding to use Veracode because it had the best price and match for our technology stack.

At that time, Veracode's advantage was predominantly because it was SaaS-based software, and the implementation team was very supportive in making sure that we got it properly integrated into our processes.

What other advice do I have?

The false-positive rate is constantly maturing. It's very much based on how many respond back. It's learning based on the false positives. My team thinks that it's better to have a false positive many times than miss a real one. The effect on developer confidence in the solution when fixing vulnerabilities is that it sometimes leads to frustration because they find that it's slowing them down, but the way that the engine is constantly maturing means it is becoming better and better.

I don't think any security or quality analysis tool brings speed. But it increases the quality, both from a risk/security and reliability perspective. But if you're looking at productivity, none of these tools bring productivity. They mitigate risk. It has not made our development process faster.


    Akash R.

Drastically reduced post-deployment issues for us

  • September 18, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

We use it to scan third-party libraries to check for vulnerabilities.

How has it helped my organization?

Our company relies on Veracode to prevent vulnerable code from going into production.

And it reduces post-deployment bug fixes. Before Veracode, the application was deployed to the production server and there would be a lot of bugs and issues. Once we implemented the Veracode scan, the full deployment issues were drastically reduced. In a month we do 10 releases and we used to get five or six post-deployment issues. Now, we barely get one or two.

Veracode has also significantly saved us time, around 30 to 40 percent, and we can concentrate on new features instead of fixing the old ones.

What is most valuable?

We use the full code analysis and the recommendations from the Veracode report.

What needs improvement?

One concern is that scans take a long time to run. We scan at the end of the day because we know it will take a lot of time. We leave it to run and the report will be generated by the next day when we arrive. The scanning time could be reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have been using Veracode for the last three months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

It's very stable. I've never seen any downtime with Veracode.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

We use it on-prem, so I'm not sure whether it can be scaled. It's just one endpoint that multiple people access.

Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?

We have two scanning stages. The first one uses SonarQube, which only does code analysis. It doesn't scan third-party libraries that we use in our code. Veracode is the second level of check. We work on a banking project. The bank trusts Veracode and they recommended Veracode to scan our products.

How was the initial setup?

The initial deployment was pretty straightforward. It's on-prem so there was no deployment strategy to follow. It took one to two days to deploy and check everything. A team of three to four people worked on the deployment. It depends on the project's complexity as well. As a DevOps engineer, I support a lot of projects within our organization, and the deployment varies from project to project.

In my department, we handle six to eight projects and each one needs a Veracode scan before deployment. As a company, we have multiple locations and departments but only the DevOps team of eight people has access.

The way we work with Veracode is that we have integrated it with Jenkins. We upload the artifacts to the server, trigger the Jenkins job, and the Veracode scan is generated. We have set everything from the Jenkins pipeline. The scan is automated using Jenkins, which means there is no need for maintenance. If there are new steps implemented in the pipeline, there might be some overhead, but it doesn't need any maintenance. We just set the port and everything works fine.

What other advice do I have?

Other than the scanning time, I would give it a solid eight out of 10.


    AnantUpadhyay

It has also enabled us to identify and fix bugs earlier, which is cheaper than fixing issues after a product is launched

  • September 07, 2023
  • Review provided by PeerSpot

What is our primary use case?

Veracode helps us identify bugs and flaws in our code while operating it. We use the solution's static analysis feature to analyze code before running applications dynamic analysis that scans the app while it's running.

We typically run Veracode at the end of the development phase when we are ready to launch our software. We also scan for vulnerabilities after the software goes into production. It's the final phase of our development cycle.

How has it helped my organization?

Veracode has reduced the amount of time we spend manually investigating our code. It has also enabled us to identify and fix bugs earlier, so we don't need to release patches after a product is launched.

The false positive rate is quite low, which is critical. If it had a high false positive rate, it would be difficult to trust this software. We can discover lots of errors and bugs manually, but this software enables us to clear any error or compliance issue with a low false positive rate. It's highly efficient in that sense. We can trust the process, so we spend less time investigating issues manually.

In one development cycle, Veracode usually saves us four or five hours of human work that goes into checking the code, finding errors, and fixing them manually. The remediation is also built into the software.

What is most valuable?

Veracode is easy to use even if you're not a security professional. I like the dynamic analysis feature, which offers a lot of cost savings when used in production. Veracode helps prevent vulnerable code from entering production, and it has a low false-positive rate, so it can reliably find real vulnerabilities.

The software bill of materials feature has proven helpful in finding bugs and flaws that may cause problems in our product when we launch it. It has helped a lot to exponentially reduce the cost after the launch cycle. It is quite easy to create reports and perform a detailed analysis because much of the process is automated. It can fix most issues automatically.

What needs improvement?

The scanning could be a little faster. The process is around three or four minutes, but it would help if it could be further reduced.

For how long have I used the solution?

I have used it for four months.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

We haven't experienced any downtime since we started using it. It is highly stable. We haven't seen any server crashes from their side.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

Veracode can handle lots of processes, so I would say it is scalable.

How are customer service and support?

I rate Veracode support eight out of 10. The response times are fast. If we have a problem, they respond within four or five hours.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The setup process was straightforward, and the Veracode team guided us through the deployment, which took about four or five hours. It only takes one person to install the solution. It doesn't require any maintenance after deployment.

What was our ROI?

Veracode has eliminated a lot of manual security processes that cost a lot of money and time. It has saved us lots of time and money for development.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The cost of scanning code is cheaper. It's typically $0.50 per line of code. However, it's expensive to run a high-level process that would normally require a human security expert. For example, penetration testing costs about $1,000 per application for penetration testing. The cost of these features may be too high for smaller organizations. On the other hand, Veracode's interactive application security testing is fast and cheaper compared to other software.

What other advice do I have?

I rate Veracode nine out of 10. If anyone is considering Veracode, I suggest trying a demo beforehand so that you can see how it addresses the kind of problems your organization is facing and how it works with the programs you are creating.


    Pradeep Honaganahalli Basavaraju

Effective at preventing vulnerable code from going into production and provides valuable insights through code scans

  • September 04, 2023
  • Review from a verified AWS customer

What is our primary use case?

We use Veracode mainly for identifying any vulnerabilities in the software. We do a lot of development, and before we deploy any product to our client environment, we want to make sure there are no vulnerabilities in the code and also follow best practices.

We run scans to identify the criticality of these bugs and vulnerabilities, and we try to mitigate them. If it's not possible, we get an exception. At least we are aware of the vulnerabilities in our code, making sure our code is secure and not exposed to any threats like hacking.

How has it helped my organization?

In my organization, we have a policy in place. Every company has a different policy; at least our company has specific requirements where we expect everyone to build the tool or the software to some extent, following some best practices.

Veracode helps us embed those policies into the scan. When we run the scan, the administrators have already set the policy, defining what needs to be checked and what can be ignored. It helps us when we run the scan because it provides a score based on the policy level. This score certifies how well the tool has scanned the code.

We can then show this certification to demonstrate that the product meets the required standards and can be trusted without any issues. So, we are working with the solutions policy reporting to ensure compliance with the industry standard.

For our product, we use static analysis. We're not using any agent-based solutions, but we are planning to hook it into the CI/CD pipeline in the future.

Veracode has been helpful because, in the past, we used to integrate Veracode scanning into our CI/CD pipeline. Sometimes, what happens is a junior developer sees a third-party library and thinks, "Oh, this tool is helpful," and they bring it into our system to build something.

However, even if it's a third-party tool, we don't know what vulnerabilities that code may have. At least now, whenever we push code, Veracode can catch any vulnerabilities, and if it fails our build, it prevents us from deploying that code into our environment. It clearly states, "This code has a vulnerability; I can't deploy it." So, it effectively blocks us from deploying risky or vulnerable code in our tool. It helps us quickly assess the risk of third-party tools and take action promptly instead of building something and realizing two months later that we need to go back and fix it. That's not going to happen; we can identify and resolve issues within a day.

The tool is great in terms of ensuring our code is clean, recommending best practices, and capturing the flaws in third-party components.

Veracode has an impact on our organization's overall security posture. Because when we do development for internal purposes, we don't run a Veracode scan very often. But when we work in a client environment, if they want us to build something for them, we absolutely need to ensure that we haven't introduced any flaws or problematic code into their system.

Veracode helps us maintain the reputation and branding of our company, which is crucial for us. It's important to ensure the code is free from vulnerabilities and not exposed to hacks. It is very important to us.

What is most valuable?

The most valuable feature is Veracode SDP, which allows for something related to third-party vulnerabilities. When we build a product, we use a lot of third-party libraries instead of building everything from scratch. We just use a library which has already been built; we just use that component in our product. Sometimes, these libraries may have bugs or issues, and it's hard to keep track of them because we use thousands of them.

Veracode's tool scans every single library and gives a dashboard showing the number of libraries, high and low criticality issues, and whether a product has any issues. It helps us assess the libraries and decide whether to resolve the issues or replace the library to minimize risks.

I like the solution's ability to prevent vulnerable code from going into production. It does a pretty good job in most cases, but I have seen a few false positives in the code scan. It means that sometimes, like recently, we run a scan where we encounter a part of JavaScript code where it's just a string evaluation. Despite not posing any real threat, the system flagged it as a potential vulnerability, suggesting it could be exploited to hack into the system. We looked into that code and found it wasn't the case; it was a false positive. It wasn't a big issue because we reported it to Veracode, and they made an exception and resolved it. It does a pretty good job, but sometimes it can be very misleading.

However, the solution's false positive is not a big deal because it's very minimal. Veracode does a very good job, but 99% of the time, it works well. Only, like, 1% - 2%. Like, sometimes we manage false positives. It's not a big blocker as well. Every software is not perfect. Also, these are very minimal fixes. Sometimes, if we raise a support ticket to mitigate this issue, the response is also pretty good, and it can be resolved within one or two days. So it's not that big of a deal.

What needs improvement?

One area for improvement is the navigation in the UI. For junior developers or newcomers to the team, it can be confusing. The UI doesn't clearly bundle together certain elements associated with a scan. While running a scan, there are various aspects linked to it, but in the UI, they appear separate. It would be beneficial if they could redesign the UI to make it more intuitive for users.

In future releases, I would like to see some features. For example, there's a library we use as a third-party library. Sometimes, Veracode indicates that we can't use a particular tool because it has a lot of vulnerabilities in the code. It would be nice if Veracode's scan could show an alternative library to use instead of the one flagged as problematic

So instead of us having to go back and research, trying to figure out what other tool we can use as an alternative, if Veracode could provide those recommendations within the tool itself, it would be nice.

For how long have I used the solution?

I've used the product for almost three to four years, but it's been a while since I haven't used the tool. But I started using this solution again. I started working on it again in the past month.

What do I think about the stability of the solution?

Veracode is 100% stable. We haven't encountered any issues.

What do I think about the scalability of the solution?

It is a scalable solution. Veracode has a concept called Sandboxes, which is an amazing feature and pretty useful. I can kick off multiple scans, and they all run independently. There's no interference between scans. So, it's highly scalable, and we haven't had any issues with it. It is good.

For our team, we currently use it for two projects.

How are customer service and support?

I've personally interacted with the customer service and support recently for a few issues, and their support is amazing.

How would you rate customer service and support?

Positive

How was the initial setup?

The initial setup is very easy. It's not that complicated.

Moreover, the false positive rate of static analysis can affect the time spent on tuning policies. It took at least one day for me to raise that mitigation and approval ticket to look into it. Veracode needed to spend, like, six to eight hours, which essentially goes up to a day to resolve it.

The solution has 100% helped our developers save time. 100% right now in terms of ensuring the code is good and deploying it safely. Veracode definitely helps us be very confident when we go for product releases. It has helped our developers save time.

As a lead developer, it takes me one or two days to set up everything in Veracode scan. Once it's set up, the junior developers don't need to do a single thing. They just push their code, and they don't even realize that a scan is running in the background. So they don't need to worry about it. However, in terms of readiness for the production release, Veracode definitely helps us be confident and quickly identify the risks. There's a huge benefit in that area.

What about the implementation team?

In the beginning, two or three years back, we were pretty new to Veracode, and we did seek help from the Veracode consulting team. Their support is amazing. If I send an email for any help, they respond within 30 minutes. Their response time is good, and they provide clear guidance.

I've personally interacted with them recently for a few issues, and their support is amazing.

So, initially, we did take consultation when we set it up, but once we became comfortable and familiar with the process and the documentation was also clear, we started managing it ourselves.

For the implementation process, a developer pushes changes to the master branch or a feature branch the first step is to trigger the Veracode scan in the CI/CD pipeline. We use Azure DevOps for this.

The next step is to include the code in the Veracode scan. This is the second step. Before going into further steps like building the Docker image and containerizing the application for deployment, we have a condition in place. If the Veracode scan doesn't complete successfully, we don't proceed to the next step, and the entire build fails.

We don't need a lot of members for the deployment part. It's only me and my technical expertise, like, one or two people. Any DevOps is enough.

We don't see much need for maintenance. It's pretty easy to manage. Veracode is also maintained by a dedicated team internally, and they provide support for everyone within the organization. So, if there are any upgrades or maintenance required, they take care of it. But from our team's perspective, there's no need for ongoing maintenance. We set it up once, and that's it.

What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?

The solution reduced the cost of the development setups for your organization. It is a key feature of Veracode. Once you set it up for the first time and integrate your CI/CD pipeline with our DevOps cycle and the Veracode scan, it takes two or three days to set it up initially.

But after that, it's a one-time effort. You don't need to do anything further. You need to kick off the pipeline, and it runs the scans automatically, providing artifacts for you to review in the report. So it helps in the long run. Once you have your project set up correctly, there's no need for manual intervention at all once it's hooked up. It's a significant long-term benefit.

Which other solutions did I evaluate?

We have a dedicated team that handles research, but I personally have only used Veracode for scanning. Our team used to use SonarQube.

Our company used to run both Veracode and SonarQube scans for certain projects. Sometimes, some of the scans were not included in Veracode, so the team used SonarQube for those. However, this was quite a while ago, about two years back.

What other advice do I have?

I would suggest starting Veracode scans at the earliest stage of development. It's crucial to catch vulnerabilities and risks early on so you don't invest too much time building something only to realize later that it can't be used due to a lot of issues, especially with third-party components. Using these tools as early as possible will benefit you in the long run and allow you to ship your product more quickly.

Overall, I would rate the solution a nine out of ten.