Learn DevSec

The Contrast Learn Guide is for developers like you.

We strive to use our years of experience in the field to provide the most helpful point of reference.

While we will walk you through the correct techniques to fix and prevent attacks, we aim to empower Engineers within your team and organization to make the most informed decision regarding your security landscape.

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Developer Resources

Contrast CodeSec

CodeSec is Contrast Security’s new free developer security tool that brings the fastest and most accurate scanner in the market right to developers for FREE.

Providing actionable remediation guidance, CodeSec by Contrast enables developers to get up and running in less than five minutes.

Here’s how:

1. START NOW

Head over to https://www.contrastsecurity.com/developer to begin.

2. INSTALL VIA CLI

CodeSec also offers multiple install options including NPM, Artifactory, and Homebrew

Via Homebrew

Contrast support

Contrast Security is the leader in modernized application security, embedding code analysis and attack prevention directly into software. Contrast’s patented deep security instrumentation completely disrupts traditional application security approaches with integrated, comprehensive security observability that delivers highly accurate assessment and continuous protection of an entire application portfolio. This eliminates the need for disruptive scanning, expensive infrastructure workloads, and specialized security experts. The Contrast Application Security Platform accelerates development cycles, improves efficiencies and cost, and enables rapid scale while protecting applications from known and unknown threats.