Minimize software supply chain risk while improving developer productivity
Business challenge
A huge number of applications today contain problematic code that nobody knows about. Problematic open source code libraries can be difficult to identify and pose a risk to your applications. Developers and application owners often struggle to maintain applications that use multiple open source and third-party libraries, often leading to licensing risks, among others.
High developer turnover amplifies the risks when new developers inherit outdated libraries without knowing their issues. This matter can result in libraries with hidden vulnerabilities, licensing problems, earlier versions and more waiting for apps to be used.
IBM Concert meets the challenge
IBM Concert® helps application teams deal with problematic source code repositories and licensing risks. This tool provides visibility into the security and license risk of open source and third-party libraries and their dependencies. Concert uses key indicators, such as reliability, maintainability and security, to identify package vulnerabilities and their criticality. It then recommends specific actions that you can take to proactively address them.
Concert analyzes the software composition described in the software bill of materials (SBOMs) of your applications to look for public (for example, open source) dependencies that have known vulnerabilities. Concert also looks for problematic licensing and dependencies that are lacking support and maintenance or have changes in maintainers.
Concert gives you clear visibility into the quality, reliability and risk associated with your open source and third-party libraries. It recommends safer, more secure versions to upgrade to based on key indicators such as reliability, maintainability and security. This approach helps you decide which components to keep or replace for a stronger, more secure application.
Concert proactively mitigates vulnerable open source libraries that are in production and in your pipeline, enabling you to continuously monitor the health of your services.
Concert highlights relevant package information, such as manufacturer or supplier, vulnerabilities, licenses, out-of-support or malicious packages, and proposes alternative versions and packages to effectively protect against malicious packages.
Concert analyzes the software composition described in the software bill of materials (SBOMs) of your applications to look for public (for example, open source) dependencies that have known vulnerabilities. Concert also looks for problematic licensing and dependencies that are lacking support and maintenance or have changes in maintainers.
Concert gives you clear visibility into the quality, reliability and risk associated with your open source and third-party libraries. It recommends safer, more secure versions to upgrade to based on key indicators such as reliability, maintainability and security. This approach helps you decide which components to keep or replace for a stronger, more secure application.
Concert proactively mitigates vulnerable open source libraries that are in production and in your pipeline, enabling you to continuously monitor the health of your services.
Concert highlights relevant package information, such as manufacturer or supplier, vulnerabilities, licenses, out-of-support or malicious packages, and proposes alternative versions and packages to effectively protect against malicious packages.
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