DevSecOps Tooling for Engineers: Compare the Top CI/CD Security Tools & Buy the Right Stack By CyberDudeBivash
SUMMARY Essentials for any modern CI/CD: SCA (dependency scanning), SAST (code scanning), IaC scanning, container/image scanning, secrets detection, runtime container security, and policy-as-code (OPA). Developer-first stack (fast ROI): Dependabot (or Snyk), Snyk (or GitHub Advanced Security), Trivy (or Aqua/Prisma for full CNAPP), and HashiCorp Vault for secrets. Dependabot/GitHub Advanced Security are great if you live in GitHub. GitHub Advanced Security offers code & secret scanning for public repos and is bundled into GitHub licensing. GitHub Docs +1 Enterprise/regulated: Add Veracode or Checkmarx for deeper SAST enterprise governance, SonarQube for code quality + security, and Aqua/Prisma Cloud (CNAPP) for container & runtime protections. Veracode +2 Checkmarx +2 Open-source + cheap / fast: Trivy for images & IaC, Dependabot for automated dependency PRs, and SonarQube (Community) or Snyk OSS for SCA. Trivy is a fast, developer-friendly scann...