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Checkmarx

Find and fix security vulnerabilities in source code early in development.

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Overview

A static application security testing platform to find and fix vulnerabilities early in the software development lifecycle.

Key Features

  • SAST for 30+ languages with low false-positive rates
  • Software Composition Analysis (SCA) for open source vulnerability detection
  • KICS (Keeping Infrastructure as Code Secure) for IaC misconfiguration scanning
  • IDE plugins for developer-first feedback before code is committed
  • Pull request integration with inline comments on security findings
  • Codebashing: in-context developer security training

Real-World Workflows

DevSecOps pipeline integration

  1. 1Integrate Checkmarx SAST scan into the CI pipeline on every PR
  2. 2Scan completes and posts results as PR comments with severity and remediation
  3. 3High and Critical findings block the PR merge via status checks
  4. 4Developers fix issues using guidance from Codebashing training modules
  5. 5Triage dashboard tracks risk trends across all repositories over time

Getting Started

# Checkmarx requires a commercial license.
# CLI scan example:
cx scan create --project-name myproject \
  -s . --branch main

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