CodeQL (GitHub) vs Trellix Helix
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Semantic code analysis engine used for code scanning queries and security research free for public repos and part of GitHub Advanced Security for private code.
Cloud native security operations platform for ingesting telemetry, correlating threats and orchestrating response across a wide ecosystem.
Feature Tags Comparison
Key Features
- Free code scanning for public repositories on GitHub dot com
- Advanced Security brings enterprise features for private repos
- Declarative query language to model flows and data dependencies
- Extensive query packs and libraries maintained by community
- CI integrations with SARIF outputs for routing and dashboards
- Variant analysis to find bug families across services
- 500 plus integrations across 230 vendors: ingest logs alerts and telemetry without building brittle connectors
- Correlated detections and entity views: see relationships across users hosts identities and cloud assets
- Case management and timelines: organize investigations with evidence artifacts and analyst notes
- Automation and playbooks for response: accelerate containment enrichment and ticketing across tools
- Threat contextualization and intel: enrich alerts with global feeds and local knowledge bases
- Role based access and reporting: align with compliance and executive needs
Use Cases
- Gate pull requests with code scanning before merge
- Build organization rulepacks based on past incidents
- Run variant analysis to remove whole bug classes at once
- Export SARIF to SIEM and dashboards for leadership views
- Educate developers with precise fix examples in checks
- Schedule repo wide scans to catch drift and regressions
- Unify detections across endpoint network and cloud
- Reduce MTTR with enriched correlated alerts
- Automate repetitive SOC tasks and handoffs
- Modernize SIEM workflows without rip and replace
- Run 24x7 operations with case management
- Provide exec ready reporting and KPIs
Perfect For
app sec engineers dev leads and platform teams that need explainable static analysis free for public repos and governed features for private code
security operations teams platform owners and CISOs who need a cloud delivered SOC platform that integrates widely and accelerates investigation and response
Capabilities
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