vs DefectDojo
TL;DR
DefectDojo and SecureScan solve different problems. DefectDojo is a vulnerability-management hub that ingests findings from many tools. SecureScan is a PR-loop scanner that runs the tools and posts a diff-aware PR comment. Many teams use both.
What each tool is
DefectDojo is a vulnerability management platform. Its job starts once findings already exist: import them from 150+ scanners, deduplicate, assign owners, track remediation SLAs, and report across products and engagements. It does not run scanners itself in any first-class way; it consumes their output.
SecureScan is a scan orchestration with PR feedback tool. Its job
is to run 14 scanners (Semgrep, Bandit, Trivy, Checkov, ZAP, nmap, and
others) against a target, classify the resulting findings as
NEW / FIXED / UNCHANGED against the PR's base ref, and upsert a
single GitHub PR comment so the developer who opened the PR sees only
what their change introduced.
Where they overlap
Both surface findings, both have a web UI, both speak SARIF, and both support a triage workflow with status and comments (SecureScan's triage shipped in v0.7.0). The overlap is shallow: they sit at different points in the security lifecycle.
Where they don't
| Capability | DefectDojo | SecureScan |
|---|---|---|
| Aggregate findings from external tools | ✅ first-class | ❌ runs scanners directly |
| Diff-aware NEW/FIXED/UNCHANGED on PRs | ❌ | ✅ |
| Single upserted PR comment | ❌ | ✅ |
| Triage workflow (status + comments) | ✅ mature | ✅ v0.7.0+ |
| User/role management | ✅ first-class | ❌ single-tenant + API keys |
| Stable across-runs fingerprints | ❌ | ✅ |
| OSS license | BSD-3 | Apache-2.0 |
Using both
The two tools compose cleanly. SecureScan emits deterministic SARIF on every scan; DefectDojo has a SARIF importer. A common arrangement: the GitHub Action runs SecureScan on every PR (developer-facing PR loop), and a nightly job re-imports the latest scan's SARIF into DefectDojo for portfolio-level tracking, SLA reporting, and cross-product views. The PR loop stays fast and local; the long-term ledger lives in DefectDojo.
When to pick which
- Just SecureScan: small or mid-size engineering org, dev-first PR feedback is the priority, no existing central vuln-management practice yet, single team or single product.
- Just DefectDojo: large engineering org with established scanners already wired into CI, a security team that owns triage centrally, and an existing PR-comment story that the team is happy with.
- Both: SecureScan owns the dev-time PR loop (NEW/FIXED on every push), DefectDojo owns the long-term portfolio view (SLAs, engagements, cross-product reporting).
The choice is not adversarial. SecureScan does not aim to replace DefectDojo, and DefectDojo does not aim to replace the PR-loop. Pick the one that fits the gap you actually have today.