True Scale Application Security

Uncompromised trust in software for the regulated, AI-powered world

Black Duck is defining the next frontier of application security. With the avalanche of AI-generated code plus expanding regulatory pressure, you need solutions that can scale, adapt, and keep pace with the demands of your business.

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Over 4,000 organisations worldwide trust Black Duck

66%
Decrease in the meantime to remediate a vulnerability


 

48%
Reduction in the number of high-severity defects found in production


 

55%
drop in delayed releases due to security issues after implementing Black Duck tools

42%
Reduction in the number of high-severity defects found in production


 

+4 hours
Average time developers get back per week to spending writing new code


 

24%
drop in defects making their way to production


Black Duck Solution Portfolio

Black Duck meets the demands of modern software development with True Scale Application Security. In the cloud or on-prem, 100,000 lines of code or 100 million. For safety-critical systems with stringent compliance requirements or modern web apps deploying 100 times per day. Our flexible, scalable, high-precision solutions enable you to code with confidence. 

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Black Duck Polaris™ Platform 

The no-compromise AppSec platform built for the speed, scale, and ambition of AI-powered development.



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Coverity Static Analysis 

Built for developers and backed by security teams, Coverity® Static Analysis provides unparalleled code scanning to help you deliver high-quality software that meets security, functional safety, and industry standards.

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Software Composition Analysis 

Black Duck® is a comprehensive solution for managing security, license compliance, and code quality risks that come from the use of open source in applications, containers, and any other software artifact or library. 

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Black Duck Signal 

Black Duck Signal is an agentic AI AppSec solution that combines 20+ years of security expertise with AI-driven analysis, so you can find and fix issues fast, without noise or hallucinations.


Black Duck Resources and Reports

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Black Duck Customer Value Study

How Black Duck Drives Development Productivity, Lowers Risk, and Decreases Cost for Customers.

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2026 OSSRA Report

Open Source Security and Risk Analysis report highlights.
Our expert breaks down the key findings from this year’s report and what it means for your organisation.

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BSIMM16 Report Jan 2026

The latest evolution of this detailed measuring stick for software security. Through the analysis of these software security initiatives.

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The Global State of DevSecOps

AI is the most transformative challenge facing software development and security. Download our report now to learn how to reconcile this apparent


Black Duck Differentiators

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AppSec at AI scale

Black Duck is built for the demands of AI and AI-generated code, scaling seamlessly without sacrificing precision

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 Security for software that matters

Black Duck is the only choice for high-fidelity, high-speed testing of mission-critical software—when security, compliance, and innovation are non-negotiable.

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No tradeoffs, no compromise

Black Duck delivers speed, accuracy, and compliance at scale while eliminating security, regulatory, and licensing risk.

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Hybrid power, total coverage

Black Duck adapts to your environment, combining cloud and on-prem testing for unmatched flexibility and control.


Top Customer Use Cases

1. Securing Development at Speed

Black Duck solutions for DevSecOps enable automation of critical AST at the most impactful stages across the SDLC CI/CD pipelines. Cloud- based, as-a-service AST centralizes control and unifies security policies.



 
Ideal customer profile:

DevOps and CI/CD, looking for SaaS solutions, developer-centric 

2. Robust Software Supply Chain Management

The software supply chain is increasingly complex, and more important than ever to the success of businesses globally. Every development organisation is leveraging thousands of well-known packages to build their proprietary software. Given this complexity, the business must be sure it fully understands the risks at different layers of the supply chain.


   Ideal customer profile:

 Embedded devices manufacturers (automotive, medical device, telecom, etc.) 

 

3. Accelerating Responsible Deployment of GenAI 

Adopting GenAI coding assistants brings huge productivity gains for software development and DevOps teams but also introduces possible vulnerabilities or compliance issues.

 


 Ideal customer profile:

Software development organisations adopting AI, increased sensitivity to legal and compliance risk. 

 

4. Tool Consolidation and Migration 

According to research by the Enterprise Strategy Group, more than 70% of enterprise organisations use 10 or more AST tools. They often don’t have consolidated visibility into the security of all applications, or they struggle to correlate between different testing types and across multiple vendor solutions. 

 


 Ideal customer profile:

Organisations with multiple AST testing tools and testing vendors, multiple development teams with different tech stacks/testing needs 

 


Black Duck Qualifying Questions

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→ Are you looking for a SaaS AST solution?

→ Are you looking to simplify your application security testing processes for proprietary and open source codebase?

→ Is your organization interested in SaaS or self-hosted security tools?

→ Are you looking for a solution that integrates well into your DevOps?

Black Duck Coverity

→ Do you worry about the quality of the code your team creates?

→ Do your applications need to be standards-compliant?

→ Is minimizing developer rework a priority?

Black Duck Software Composition Analysis

→ Do you have a complete list of open source in use?

→ Do you have policies for the use of open source?

→ Are you actively tracking open source vulnerabilities?

→ Does your application patch strategy include open source awareness?


Black Duck Achievements

Through continued innovation and excellence, Black Duck has been recognised with leading industry awards for security and performance.
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A Leader in the 2025 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing

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A Leader in the 2024 Forrester Wave for SCA


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Black Duck Wins Cybersecurity Company of the Year, 2025


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Black Duck is a 2025 SD Times 100 Award winner!


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Why Black Duck for AppSec?

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Industry Analyst Validation 
•    8x Gartner Leader
•    The Forrester Wave™ for Software Composition Analysis 

2

 Our Channel-Centric Approach 
•    Black Duck is focused on fostering deep relationships with partners to ensure their success and profitability. 

3

 Breadth of Portfolio/Comprehensive Solutions
•    The combination of our comprehensive set of AST solutions equips us to better serve the requirements of diverse application security testing projects. The Black Duck portfolio allows organizations to build trust in the software they produce and the software powering their business.

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 Strength, Stability, and Profitability

•    Black Duck’s growth and profitability drives funding for continuous innovation, with over $2 billion invested in the AST business to maintain industry leadership.

 

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