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Software composition analysis

Software composition analysis (SCA) is a practice in the fields of Information technology and software engineering for analyzing custom-built software applications to detect embedded open-source software and detect if they are up-to-date, contain security flaws, or have licensing requirements.

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Software composition analysis

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples11
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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sca analysis software components security vulnerability vulnerabilities techniques using oss open-source requirements source products use application code risk open used

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
GitHubinstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
Maveninstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
PyPiinstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
NuGetinstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
and many others.Modern SCA systems have incorporated advanced analysis techniques to improve accuracyinstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
reduce false positivesinstance ofVersions of components are extracted from popular open source repositories0.80text
bug tracking systemsinstance ofwhich can introduce both false positives and false negatives on real-world projects.Machine learning-based vulnerability curation automates the process of building and maintaini…0.80text
commitsinstance ofwhich can introduce both false positives and false negatives on real-world projects.Machine learning-based vulnerability curation automates the process of building and maintaini…0.80text
and mailing listsinstance ofwhich can introduce both false positives and false negatives on real-world projects.Machine learning-based vulnerability curation automates the process of building and maintaini…0.80text
strong or weak copyleft licensinginstance ofand recommendations especially when it concerns the legal requirements of open source components0.80text
Chief Information Security Officersinstance ofSecurity and license data are often used by roles0.80text

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