ossf/scorecard
Scorecard
Scorecard is an open source security scanner and software supply chain analysis tool that evaluates the security posture of projects by calculating risk metrics based on best practices. It functions as a security health dashboard, visualizing security gaps through scores and badges to help maintainers identify vulnerabilities.
The project provides a system for monitoring repository security through a GitHub Action security auditor that alerts maintainers when security scores drop. It also offers a mechanism for vulnerability remediation guidance, mapping identified security gaps to prescriptive instructions for improving development practices.
The tool covers a broad capability surface including open source security auditing, CI/CD security automation, and the analysis of third party repositories to assess risk before integration. It supports various interfaces for interaction, including a command line interface for scanning and a REST interface for retrieving precalculated security metrics.
Features
- Open Source Security Scanners - Evaluates the security posture of open source projects by calculating risk metrics based on industry best practices.
- Security Posture Checklists - Evaluates source code and build processes to generate an aggregate security score and risk level.
- Security Auditors - Provides a GitHub Action that monitors repository changes and alerts maintainers when security scores drop.
- CI/CD Security Metrics Automation - Integrates security health checks into CI pipelines to detect regressions and alert maintainers.
- Open Source Security - Evaluates the security posture of open source projects by scanning code and build processes.
- Security Guides - Provides specific prompts and instructions to resolve identified security gaps.
- Repository Security Health Tracking - Tracks security scores over time using automated badges and reports to maintain project posture.
- Remediation Guidance - Maps security failures to prescriptive instructions to help maintainers improve their project's security posture.
- Software Supply Chain Security - Analyzes third party dependencies and repositories to assess risk in the software supply chain.
- Third Party Dependency Risk Assessment - Scans third-party repositories to assess their security posture before they are added as dependencies.
- Security Findings Visualizations - Renders detailed graphical security analyses to help users identify and resolve security gaps.
- Visual Badges - Generates auto-updating visual badges for project documentation to represent security ratings.
- Repository Content Scanning - Enables security analysis of target projects via a terminal interface using repository links.
- CLI Scanning Interfaces - Provides a command line interface to execute security evaluations on target projects.
- Security Analysis Dashboards - Visualizes security gaps through scores, badges, and remediation guidance via a dedicated reporting interface.
- Security Monitoring - Integrates security scanning into version control workflows to issue alerts on repository changes.
- Automated Security Scan Triggers - Automates security scans on every code commit through CI pipelines to alert maintainers of regressions.
- GitHub Actions - Integrates security checks as a GitHub Action workflow step for immediate feedback on changes.
- Security Automation Tools - Automates analysis of the security posture of open source projects.
- Application Security - Provides security health metrics for open source projects.
- Security and Vulnerability Scanning - Provides security health metrics for open source projects.
