Hey everyone. We're in the planning stages for a significant backend overhaul at my mid-market healthcare org (Python/Go microservices, Postgres, heavy on PHI data). Security and compliance are obviously non-negotiable. We're narrowing down our SCA tool choice and it's largely between Mend (WhiteSource) and Veracode SCA.
I've done some preliminary research and hands-on trials, but I'm keen to hear from teams who have lived with either (or both) in a similar regulated environment. The marketing sheets all sound great, but the devil's in the daily workflow.
Some specific points I'm wrestling with:
* **Remediation speed:** In our PoC, Mend's PR bot seemed faster, but Veracode's integration felt more thorough in the pipeline. For those who've used both, which one actually helped developers fix issues quicker without becoming noise?
* **Policy tuning for healthcare:** How granular can you get with policies to align with HIPAA-centric risk profiles? We need to be able to suppress certain false positives aggressively without missing real criticals.
* **Operational overhead:** The backend infrastructure is already complex. How heavy are the agents/scanners? Any notable performance hits in CI/CD pipelines?
* **API and extensibility:** I saw Mend has a pretty comprehensive REST API. Has anyone built custom dashboards or automations around it? Veracode's API seems more focused on their broader suite.
We're leaning towards a solution that balances strong security with developer experience. A clunky SCA tool that devs ignore is worse than no tool at all.
Any war stories, config snippets, or gotchas would be hugely appreciated. Especially interested in how these tools handle the Go module ecosystem and Python dependencies in Dockerized builds.
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