Automate Open-Source Security Observability

Open-source security involves ensuring that third-party open-source libraries used in applications are free from vulnerabilities, with software composition analysis (SCA) playing a key role in identifying and assessing these libraries. Despite the reliability and community support often associated with open-source projects, security risks persist, as highlighted by the critical Log4j vulnerability discovered in 2021. Organizations are increasingly turning to automated solutions like New Relic Security RX to streamline vulnerability detection and management, reducing the manual effort and potential system downtime associated with traditional methods. New Relic offers continuous runtime SCA, leveraging existing application performance management (APM) agents to monitor vulnerabilities across various programming environments, thereby enhancing security processes and communication through its unified platform. Additionally, New Relic integrates with other security tools and provides interactive application security testing (IAST) to identify vulnerabilities in custom code, helping organizations maintain a robust security posture throughout the software development lifecycle.