Manual Security Analysis vs Automated Security Scanning

Developers should learn and use Manual Security Analysis when building or maintaining high-risk applications, such as financial systems, healthcare software, or critical infrastructure, where security is paramount meets developers should use automated security scanning to integrate security into their devops workflows (devsecops), ensuring continuous security assessment throughout development and deployment. Here's our take.

Manual Security Analysis

Nice Pick

Developers should learn and use Manual Security Analysis when building or maintaining high-risk applications, such as financial systems, healthcare software, or critical infrastructure, where security is paramount

Pros

• It is essential during security audits, compliance checks (e
• Related to: penetration-testing, code-review

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

Automated Security Scanning

Developers should use automated security scanning to integrate security into their DevOps workflows (DevSecOps), ensuring continuous security assessment throughout development and deployment

Pros

• It is critical for compliance with standards like OWASP Top 10, PCI-DSS, or GDPR, and for preventing costly breaches in production environments by catching vulnerabilities in code, containers, APIs, or infrastructure as code (IaC)
• Related to: static-application-security-testing, dynamic-application-security-testing

Cons

• Specific tradeoffs depend on your use case

The Verdict

These tools serve different purposes. Manual Security Analysis is a methodology while Automated Security Scanning is a tool. We picked Manual Security Analysis based on overall popularity, but your choice depends on what you're building.

The Bottom Line

Manual Security Analysis wins

Based on overall popularity. Manual Security Analysis is more widely used, but Automated Security Scanning excels in its own space.