Elevating security across the Software Delivery Lifecycle with Snyk and Amazon EventBridge

By Omar Faruk, DevOps Partner Solutions Architect at AWS
By Shashiraj (Raj) Jeripotula, Principal Observability Partner Solutions Architect at AWS
By David Schott, Principal Partner Solutions Architect at Snyk

Software development teams are facing an increasing challenge in monitoring and responding to security events throughout the software delivery lifecycle. Traditional approaches often fall short, leaving teams struggling to keep up with the pace of innovation and the strengthening threat landscape.

Snyk, an AWS Partner with deep expertise in DevOps and Security, offers a developer-first approach to application security by empowering teams to find and fix vulnerabilities in their first-party code, open-source dependencies, container images, and infrastructure as code. By integrating with Amazon EventBridge, Snyk enables real-time event monitoring and automated processes.

Snyk: A Leader in Developer Security

Snyk is a leading provider of developer security solutions, empowering organizations around the world to build secure applications and infrastructure. With a focus on empowering developers and enabling security teams to collaborate effectively, Snyk’s Developer Security Platform seamlessly integrates with developers’ workflows, providing real-time vulnerability detection and remediation guidance.

Snyk’s approach has resonated with organizations of all sizes, with over 3,000 customers worldwide. By bridging the gap between security and development, Snyk has become a trusted partner for teams seeking to elevate their security practices and stay ahead of the curve.

Snyk’s partnership with AWS further strengthens its position as a leader in the developer security space. The integration with Amazon EventBridge showcases Snyk’s commitment to providing customers with cutting-edge security solutions that leverage the power of the AWS cloud. As organizations continue to embrace the speed and agility of cloud-based software development, the Snyk and EventBridge integration will play a crucial role in helping them navigate the evolving security landscape.

Unlocking the Power of Event-Driven Security

Event-driven architectures are transforming the way organizations approach security, facilitating agile response, data streaming, and scalable microservices. At the heart of this shift are “events” – messages that interested parties can subscribe to and take action on. These events can originate from a variety of sources, including the organization’s own applications, software-as-a-service (SaaS) platforms, and even AWS services.

Amazon EventBridge makes it easy for Snyk customers to tap into this power, providing a simple and consistent way to filter, transform, and deliver security events to a variety of targets. When new vulnerabilities are detected, audit trail changes occur, or other critical events take place in the Snyk platform, EventBridge can be configured to trigger email or chat notifications, invoke AWS Lambda functions for automated and custom tasks, or even log the events to an Amazon Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) bucket for compliance and forensic analysis.

This event-driven approach to security offers several key advantages, including near real-time visibility that enables security teams to receive alerts the moment new issues are detected, facilitating swift response and remediation; comprehensive audit trail monitoring that seamlessly delivers Snyk’s detailed logs to centralized tools, providing invaluable insight into platform activity and changes; and creating Jira tickets, or invoking other security tools, all without manual intervention.

The Snyk platform divides events into two main categories: security issues and audit logs. Customers use Snyk to test their applications for security issues across their entire software delivery lifecycle (SDLC), including their source control manager (SCM) and continuous integration / continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines. When Snyk detects a new security issue in any part of the SDLC, a security issue event is generated. On the other hand, if a security issue is remediated, for example when a developer merges a “fix pull request,” another security issue event is generated – but with different metadata showing that the issue was fixed. Beyond security issues, most other activities that occur within the Snyk platform are available as audit log events. Audit log events include imported projects, changed settings, suppressed issues, and much more.

Empowering Security Teams and Developers

By integrating Snyk with Amazon EventBridge, organizations can unlock benefits that empower both security teams and developers to work more efficiently and effectively.

For security teams, the integration provides enhanced visibility and control over the security landscape. They can receive real-time alerts, monitor platform activity, and automate processes – all without having to manually sift through data or coordinate with developers. This enables security teams to focus on high-priority issues and proactively address vulnerabilities, rather than reactively responding to incidents.

Snyk’s platform already offers the tools and information developers need to build secure applications from the ground up. Developers can address vulnerabilities early in the software delivery lifecycle, reducing the risk of costly post-deployment fixes and enhancing the overall security posture of the organization.

The Road Ahead: Unlocking the Full Potential of Snyk and EventBridge

As organizations continue to evolve their security practices and adapt to the rapid pace of software development, integrating Snyk and Amazon EventBridge offers a compelling path forward. By combining the event data from Snyk with the scalable capabilities of EventBridge, teams can enhance their security workflows and gain valuable insights.

For example, organizations can route critical alerts from Snyk to communication platforms like Slack or Chime, ensuring swift response and collaboration among security and development teams. They can also centralize Snyk audit logs in S3 buckets, as the Amazon Kinesis Data Firehose target, for comprehensive analysis using tools like Amazon Athena and Amazon QuickSight, unlocking deeper insights into platform activity and changes.

Furthermore, the integration of Snyk security data with other sources can create a holistic view of the organization’s security posture. By correlating vulnerabilities, audit trails, and other security-related events, teams can gain a more complete understanding of their risk exposure and prioritize remediation efforts accordingly.

The possibilities are endless, and the time to act is now. By embracing the power of Snyk and Amazon EventBridge, organizations can elevate their security practices, empower their teams, and stay one step ahead in the ever-evolving landscape of software development and cybersecurity.

Conclusion

By integrating Snyk’s developer-first security approach with the power of Amazon EventBridge, organizations can unlock a new era of event-driven security. This integration empowers security teams with near real-time visibility, comprehensive audit trail monitoring, and automated processes. It empowers developers by equipping them with tools and information to construct secure applications from the beginning.

As the software development landscape continues to evolve, the partnership between Snyk and Amazon EventBridge offers a compelling path forward, enabling organizations to elevate their security practices, empower their teams, and stay one step ahead in the ever-changing world of cybersecurity. The integration of Snyk and Amazon EventBridge represents a thought leadership approach to security in the software delivery lifecycle, leveraging the strengths of both platforms to drive more secure and resilient software development practices. Get started and extend your Snyk platform with the Amazon EventBridge integration.

Snyk – AWS Partner Spotlight

Snyk is a leader in developer security. They empower the world’s developers to build secure applications and equip security teams to meet the demands of the digital world. Used by over 3,000 customers worldwide, Snyk’s Developer Security Platform automatically integrates with a developer’s workflow and is purpose-built for security teams to collaborate with their development teams.

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