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Eliminate Security Backlogs with Automated SCA Tools

Deliver software on time and on budget with SCA tools powered by Sonatype's powerful data. Automate dependency management, control risk, and save developers time with fewer false positives.

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Avoid Rework, Speed Up Innovation

Accelerate issue resolution and software delivery by automating dependency management with Sonatype Lifecycle, an industry-best software composition analysis (SCA) tool recognized by Forrester. With comprehensive open source risk management controls and developer integrations, your team can continuously mitigate vulnerability, license, and architectural risks early, while reducing technical debt caused by suboptimal software supply chains.

Sonatype Lifecycle: An SCA Tool that Mitigates Risk Automatically

Nearly 65% of open source CVEs are missing CVSS scores assigned by NVD, leaving their severity undefined. Sonatype Lifecycle leverages our proprietary intelligence that goes beyond Mitre and NVD data to ensure risks are defined accordingly. Sonatype Lifecycle seamlessly integrates automated fixes, customizable policies, and contextual risk prioritization at scale into your DevOps pipeline to streamline risk management and secure applications without disrupting your workflow.

Golden Fixes

Sonatype Lifecycle’s assisted remediation streamlines dependency management with automated waivers and Golden Pull Requests that break nothing and eliminate all risk. Optimize component selection with deep intelligence in your IDE and source control to flag vulnerable or non-compliant components at the earliest commit.

Flexible Policy Engine

Sonatype Lifecycle offers 18 default policies and over 30 customizable constraints to align with your business needs. Apply policies by app type, legal requirements, or risk profile. Continuous monitoring enforces tailored security, legal, and architectural rules across all OSS components, InnerSource, and open source AI models.

Contextual Risk Prioritization

Sonatype prioritizes real risk, not just CVSS scores — using reachability, breaking changes, and upgrade availability data to provide accurate findings. With industry-leading accuracy and continuous monitoring, your teams fix what matters most without false positive noise.

Instant Visibility and Governance

Track OSS usage and AppSec program effectiveness with 12+ enterprise reports and dashboards. Use the Security Risk Trends dashboard to monitor open source risk and the Success Metrics dashboard to identify improvement areas and maximize ROI. Gain complete visibility into each application by generating or importing SBOMs in any format.

Built-In Exemption Management

Keep development moving without disruptions by temporarily accepting risk with waivers. Automatically apply waivers for low-risk violations with no upgrade path or unreachable components. Track all SCA exemptions with the Waiver Dashboard for better control and visibility.

Open Source AI Model Support

Control the risk of vulnerabilities, malicious attacks, legal disputes, and harmful AI models in your applications and data pipelines. Report on your organization's AI usage in seconds with automated, custom, and trusted reports.

Shorten Time to Fix with Automated Remediation

Sonatype Lifecycle's unmatched intelligence detects open source risks others miss, eliminates vulnerabilities, and accelerates MTTR.

The Power of SCA Tools Where Developers Work

Sonatype Lifecycle seamlessly integrates with developer tools and supports 20+ languages and packages, so you can stay focused on building applications without switching tools.

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An SCA Tool Delivering Real Results for Open Source Security

Prevent Rework

Eliminate distracting security incidents through auto remediations and by selecting quality components upfront.

Faster Remediation

Save time with shorter security review cycles and instant enterprise-wide reporting.

On-time Delivery

Accelerate issue resolution and minimize rework with zero-effort automations.

Reduce Open Source Risk

Fix all OSS and AI risks faster with smart prioritization, contextual policy, and automated fixes.

Eliminate Noise

Accelerate review cycles with a near-zero false positive and negative rate.

Increase Visibility

Find and fix more vulnerabilities with remediation guidance backed by Sonatype's rich data intelligence

Sonatype Named a Leader in Forrester Wave for SCA Software

Forrester evaluated 10 top SCA providers and named Sonatype a leader with the highest possible scores in the Forrester WaveTM: SCA Software 2024

Trusted Partner for SCA Tools

“Using Sonatype Lifecycle, we’re able to identify open source risks earlier than ever before in the development process — especially compared to six months ago. Sonatype Lifecycle works very well within our DevOps practice.”

Prem Ranganath

VP of Quality and Risk Management

Frequently Asked Questions

What are SCA tools and why do I need them?

A software composition analysis tool helps teams manage the risks that come with using open source software. It identifies known open source vulnerabilities, license issues, and outdated components in your dependencies. SCA tools allow you to fix problems early, avoid legal trouble, and keep your applications secure, stable, and compliant throughout the development lifecycle.

How does Sonatype Lifecycle help me deal with OSS licenses?

Sonatype Lifecycle allows you to set policies on 2000+ open source licenses in our database. Use default or custom policies to flag risky licenses (categorized by license threat groups), analyze legal risks, and resolve issues with our legal workflows. Save time on license obligation compliance and reporting with the Sonatype Advanced Legal Pack add-on.