Software Composition Analysis (SCA)
Third-party dependencies are one of the biggest concerns when we deal with code. 80% to 90% of the software code contains third-party dependencies or libraries (reference: https://snyk.io/reports/open-source-security). These dependencies come with their own issues and benefits. In this chapter, software composition analysis (SCA) and its uses will be discussed. We will also cover the free and open source tools surrounding SCA. We will cover the following topics:
- What is SCA?
- The importance of SCA
- The benefits of SCA
- Detecting security flaws
- Discussing past breaches
- Open source SCA tools