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This section guides you through the functions of Kiuwan Insights.
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Kiuwan Insights Dashboard:
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Introduction
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Introduction to Kiuwan Insights
Many applications incorporate external open source and third-party components that
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enable developers to build new functionality
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quickly and efficiently. But while the use of open source components has many benefits, it also introduces risk. Kiuwan Insights helps you manage this risk by providing answers to the key questions described below.
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Open Source repositories provides huge amounts of software that lets you to build new applications very fast and robustly.
But not all are benefits; there might be also some drawbacks when using open source components.
First obvious question has to do with how much open source software is your application using.
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These, and probably others, are common questions when using 3rd party components.
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Components Inventory
If you are a developer, you most probably will access to build systems where external components are “identified”.
But, are those 3rd party components part of a “controlled” inventory? Most probably, don’t.
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any external piece of code that could be part of your application. Go to Insights > Components to access the components inventory. Supported languages and resourcesKiuwan Insights uses the following resources to extract information on 3rd |
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- Packagist
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- Composer
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Database vulnerabilities
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From these sources, Kiuwan Insight builds the Components Inventory of your application.
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You can add your specific private (local or remote) and/or public repositories by properly configuring Kiuwan Local Analyzer.
Please visit Insights - Additional Maven repositories for further information.
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Security, Obsolescence, and Licensing
At a glance, Kiuwan Insights provides detailed information and visual indicators that quickly let you
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know the different levels of risk associated
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with every external component.
Every component is assigned a level (High, Medium, Low or None) on three different risk metrics:
- Security Risk (due to vulnerabilities introduced by components)
- Obsolescence Risk (due to using obsolete components)
- License Risk (due to legal implications of used components’ licenses)
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