Software Composition Analysis (SCA), a process to determine software risk, is one of the key activities for software development companies. SCA, performed on source code, is an automated procedure that identifies the open source software within a codebase. This analysis is done to evaluate code quality, licensing compliance, and security. Companies must know about open source licensing obligations and limitations.
To perform this analysis, a company must have a written approach and strategy. Companies must determine the goals of software composition analysis. Goals are determined by the type of software, budget, and risk appetite. The objective of SCA is to identify the sources of vulnerabilities and fix them by patch or commit the code. Types of vulnerabilities may include:
Analyzing software composition involves studying the code for known vulnerabilities and then following a technique called Locating, Testing, and Actively Testing for Vulnerability. The major aim of Locating is to find out if a problem can be addressed by using the available technology. Once this is known, the next step is to test for the identified vulnerabilities. Testing helps to find out whether a specific piece of software is vulnerable.
The goal of Actively Testing is to verify whether the software is correct and can be used in a production environment. Most organizations use application security testing tools. Application security testing tools contains vulnerability detectors, log analysis utilities, and control tools. These tools help in finding out if there are vulnerabilities within the application and how to handle them in the production environment.
In June 2021, Acunetix 2021, by Invicti, a company with offices in the U.S. and U.K, released a new Acunetix update for Windows, Linux, and macOS: 14.3.210615184. This Acunetix release introduces software composition analysis functionality, allowing customers to detect vulnerable open-source libraries used by the web application.
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