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Fortify Software Security Center pros and cons

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3.9 out of 5
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PROS

Fortify Software Security Center is stable at the end of the day.
The reporting allows users to view a comprehensive list of issues.
Users can easily download and update the tool's rule packs.
Fortify Analytics' AI function provides detailed explanations and recommendations about vulnerabilities.
Highly customizable, allowing testing against the latest standards like OWASP Top Ten and CVE Top Twenty-five.

CONS

Implementation of Fortify Software Security Center is difficult and should be made more comfortable for end-users.
There are issues with false positives that need to be resolved.
Setup of Fortify Software Security Center is really painful.
Overlap feature is restrictive and requires more customization efforts, which can be expensive.
Improvements needed for Software Security Center include better aggregation views of datasets.
 

Fortify Software Security Center Pros review quotes

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2025
Software Security Center is highly customizable and helps me test all vulnerability data against the latest conventions like OWASP Top Ten, CVE Top twenty-five, and several other legal compliances.
reviewer1252050 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
The reporting is very useful because you can always view an entire list of the issues that you have.
Infosechead67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 7, 2019
This is a stable solution at the end of the day.
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Kibeom Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2024
Fortify Analytics' AI function helps scan and provides more detailed explanations and recommendations about vulnerabilities.
Mahammad Azeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2023
You can easily download the tool's rule packs and update them.
 

Fortify Software Security Center Cons review quotes

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2025
Improvements needed for Software Security Center include better aggregation views of datasets.
reviewer1252050 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
We are having issues with false positives that need to be resolved.
Infosechead67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 7, 2019
This solution is difficult to implement, and it should be made more comfortable for the end-users.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, Invicti, Checkmarx and others in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Updated: February 2025.
838,713 professionals have used our research since 2012.
Kibeom Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2024
The product's overlap feature is restrictive and requires more customization efforts, which can be expensive.
Mahammad Azeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2023
Fortify Software Security Center's setup is really painful.