Veracode Helps Developers Find Security Flaws Faster Using AWS

Veracode, a CA Technologies company, is on a mission to secure software applications so developers don’t release software that could be susceptible to breaches. As part of this mission, the company created Greenlight, a tool that helps developers discover and fix security-related defects while they are writing code. Because Greenlight is designed to find security flaws quickly, Veracode must ensure strong performance. “We need to deliver security vulnerability results in under a minute,” says Patrick Day, principal cloud engineer for Veracode. “If developers wait too long for the data, they’ll move on to a different product.” Veracode also needs to scale its solution to accommodate growth. “As we were building the application, we needed to plan for increases in code-scan volume,” Day says. As an application-development company, Veracode also strives to reduce the amount of time employees spend managing the IT environment. Day says, “We’re focused on developing and deploying products, so we don’t want to put our resources and energy into managing and provisioning.”

Veracode, a CA Technologies company based in Burlington, Massachusetts, is a growing application-security company. Founded in 2006, the company provides an automated cloud-based service for securing web, mobile, and third-party enterprise applications. The company has around 100 employees and operates in the United States. Veracode's main product is Greenlight, a tool that helps developers discover and fix security-related defects while they are writing code. The company's mission is to secure software applications so developers don’t release software that could be susceptible to breaches.