Transform Your AppSec Program With the Power of Snyk Analytics

Demonstrating AI Trust with Snyk Analytics

As AI-generated code continues to boost developer productivity – and with it the number of vulnerabilities in code – the need for a programmatic approach to security within a fully AI-enabled reality is key.

AI Trust and governance is the new standard for the AI era, and is achieved through visibility, prioritization, and policy. With this in mind, over time, Snyk has expanded the number of reports and analytics provided in its platform to address this need.

Now, as part of Snyk’s AI Trust platform launch, Snyk Analytics offers a whole new set of features and enhancements to help transform your AppSec program. AppSec leaders now have centralized access to reporting information, new developer security insights, and customizable dashboards, empowering AppSec leaders to improve productivity, meet policy and compliance needs, and make faster, more informed decisions to strengthen their application security programs. 

Improving developer productivity through security insights

A primary challenge within application security is ensuring that developers consistently address security concerns. As part of the Snyk AI Trust Platform, Snyk offers new developer-centric reports providing insights for AppSec leaders into how pervasively Snyk is being used across an organization:

Gaining visibility into CI/CD test usage

The Test Usage in CI/CD Pipeline report provides AppSec managers with visibility into where Snyk is integrated within their CI/CD workflows. This visibility is crucial for assessing the current state of developer security practices and pinpointing areas for improvement. 

Tracking AI-powered remediation efforts

Snyk Agent Fix enables developers to leverage Snyk’s AI engine to remediate issues directly in the pull request review process. Using data connected to this feature, the new Fix PR Visibility report offers the ability to track the number of open, merged, and closed pull requests (PRs) generated by Snyk. 

By monitoring these metrics, AppSec leaders can assess the efficiency of their security remediation efforts. For example, a high number of open PRs might indicate bottlenecks in the review process, while a high number of merged PRs might indicate that developers are actively addressing security issues. You can use this data to help streamline your workflows and ensure that security isn’t slowing down development.

Measuring shift left adoption

Snyk Analytics also offers additional developer productivity reports, providing valuable metrics for tracking the adoption of Snyk in the IDE and local CLI tools. AppSec managers can use these reports to identify teams that are excelling in shift-left behavior and use them as models for other teams. 

Conversely, teams that aren’t adopting Snyk locally can be targeted for additional training and support to encourage better shift-left behavior. This approach not only improves overall security but also ensures that developers are more efficient and confident in their security practices.

Streamlining compliance with real-time reporting

Real-time reporting is a crucial tool for streamlining compliance, enabling organizations to keep pace with evolving regulatory requirements. As new threats emerge daily, the ability to monitor and respond to compliance issues in real time is essential.

Dashboards within Snyk Analytics streamline compliance monitoring, providing a unified and user-friendly platform for security teams to oversee their organization’s adherence to compliance standards, including a new Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) report as part of the Snyk AI Trust Platform launch:

PCI-DSS compliance reporting

The new PCI-DSS report is a powerful resource for AppSec managers, offering insight into compliance readiness trends, attack category and vulnerability by organization tables, along with the capacity to generate PDF reports. This level of granularity and flexibility ensures the delivery of precise and actionable data to stakeholders, enhancing decision-making and compliance commitments.

Reporting for Industry Standards

Existing compliance reports, such as the OWASP Top Ten, CWE Top 25, CWE Top 10 KEV, and SLA Management reports, are designed to align with custom organization-specific policies. These reports provide a standardized framework for assessing and managing compliance risks, allowing teams to effectively prioritize their efforts. This proactive approach to compliance not only helps in meeting regulatory standards but also improves overall security and resilience.

Customizing dashboards & insights for unique AppSec needs

New custom dashboards within Snyk Analytics offer the visibility and control necessary to navigate the complex security landscape.

The adaptability of custom dashboards is a key new feature, allowing for the calibration of measures to correspond with distinct phases of the development process:

• During planning, emphasis can be placed on broad risk evaluations and checks for regulatory adherence.

• As development progresses, the dashboard can be reconfigured to spotlight code vulnerabilities and deliver immediate feedback to developers.

• In the testing phase, it can provide comprehensive reports on security test outcomes, pinpointing areas necessitating further scrutiny.

A new user interface, coupled with these custom dashboards, has been engineered for simplicity and ease of use. AppSec managers can readily control the layout, order, and content of widgets to create and save multiple dashboard configurations.

This feature allows for the creation of unique views, such as a comprehensive overview for security managers and a more focused view on vulnerabilities for developers.

The broad spectrum of filters available for each dashboard empowers users to dissect data based on various parameters, including severity, project, vulnerability type, and time frame. 

These filters can be saved as tailored views, facilitating the retrieval of pre-filtered reports that cater to specific requirements.

For example, a security analyst could keep a view that filters out only high-severity vulnerabilities for a designated project, speeding up their analysis and keeping reports consistent. This functionality is helpful for teams engaged in recurring analysis, as it economizes time and mitigates the potential for errors.

Leveraging data extensibility to improve security strategy

Data-driven strategies are the cornerstone of effective security, and leveraging the right data can transform your security approach. The data within Snyk Analytics can be used to prioritize resources, update policies, and implement new security measures, ensuring that your organization stays ahead of potential risks.

Integrating security data with the Export API

To further augment the strategic utility of security data, Snyk has launched a new Export API. This empowers users to export Snyk reporting datasets programmatically, streamlining the integration of these datasets with other security tools and platforms that organizations may use. 

Data can be exported in CSV format, which is optimal for users who prefer to analyze data using spreadsheet software or integrate it with data lakes or analysis platforms. This adaptability enables teams to integrate Snyk’s data with other security data sets, creating a more comprehensive security posture view.

Building custom analytics with the Snowflake integration

Snyk also provides the capability to export data to Snowflake through its Snyk Analytics for Snowflake integration, in turn eliminating the need for data replication or complex ETL processes. This data share integration empowers teams to build exploratory and custom analytics using the array of tools supported by Snowflake, such as BI tools like PowerBI, Tableau, and Looker Data Studio, or custom Streamlit apps.

Teams can even develop their own Snowflake Cortex AI app to view the data with Snowflake’s LLM, then use its natural language processing capabilities to get insights from a query of your Snyk data. Learn more about Snowflake Data Share on Snyk Learn or check out the documentation for more details.

Unlock your program’s full potential

Snyk Analytics offers the tools and insights necessary to keep pace with the evolving threat landscape and report on program success. By transforming raw data into easy-to-consume, customizable reports, Snyk Analytics helps you build and mature your secure AI software development practice. Learn more about how Snyk can help you achieve AI Trust by exploring the Snyk AI Trust Platform.