About Black Duck - Binary Analysis

Black Duck - Binary Analysis(BDBA) identifies the open source security, compliance, and quality risks in the software libraries, executables, and vendor-supplied binaries in use within your codebase. BDBA supports expanded file type support including various firmware formats, filesystems/disk images, installation formats, and various compression and archive formats. With Black Duck - Binary Analysis, you can:

  • Analyze virtually any compiled software, firmware, mobile applications, or multiple installer formats, without needing to access the source.

  • Identify embedded open source usage and risks within binary executables and libraries.

  • Manage code decay and improve software quality within binary dependencies.

  • Monitor new vulnerabilities in previously scanned binaries.

After installing Black Duck - Binary Analysis:

  1. Use Black Duck Detect to scan your software or firmware.

  2. View the results of your scan in a comprehensive project version BOM.

    For you to easily identify these files, the BOM displays the match type as Binary.

  3. Use the BOM to identify known vulnerabilities and licensing obligations within software components.

Refer to the installation guides for more information on installing Black Duck with Black Duck - Binary Analysis.