Advanced Features

Black Duck Binary Analysis contains the following advanced features:

• Black Duck Binary Analysis comes with a powerful JSON API that allows you to upload software and retrieve results.
• Black Duck Binary Analysis is mobile compatible and can be used from mobile phones and tablets.
• Black Duck Binary Analysis allows you to generate various reports from high-level dashboards to detailed trending reports between different versions of the software package. Reports can be created from the Export menu on the group page.
• Black Duck Binary Analysis has an audit trail feature which logs timestamp, user, group, action type, verb and related objects for the following events:
  • Log in and log out
  • Add, edit and remove group
  • Add, edit and remove user
  • Upload, analyze, edit and remove applications
  • Change settings
  • Export audit trail CSV

New vulnerabilities found after scanning

You can enable automated alerts in case a new vulnerability is reported against a component that is included in previously uploaded software packages. With this feature, as soon as Black Duck Binary Analysis becomes aware of a new vulnerability affecting a particular third-party component, you will get an immediate email notification with details about the vulnerability and the software packages that are affected.

This feature is extremely useful for managing your open source and third-party code inventory, and for staying on top of what new vulnerabilities may affect your code base through use of third-party components.