Secure Your Bitbucket Repositories and Azure Containers from Supply Chain Attacks

Sep 11, 2024 by Thao Duong, Senior Product Marketing Manager

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MetaDefender™ Software Supply Chain continues to expand integration options to help DevOps teams secure their SDLC (software development lifecycle) with its added support for BitBucket and Azure Container Registry (ACR) integration.

This update empowers software developers to scan their source code and container images for malware, vulnerabilities, secrets, and non-compliance risks. By integrating security into development workflows, developers can focus on enhancing the quality of their applications, while DevSecOps teams can detect threats early and address them before applications are deployed, as well as improve compliance and operational efficiency.

Azure Container Registry Integration: Security for Modern SDLC Workloads

As cloud-oriented architecture propels organizations to adopt containerized applications, container security becomes a top priority. According to RedHat's 2024 report, more than half (53%) of surveyed organizations experienced delays or disruptions due to container security concerns, with nearly half (46%) also facing revenue or customer loss due to incidents.

Threat detection results in a demo dataset, highlighting threats, vulnerabilities, and secrets found during the scan

MetaDefender Software Supply Chain's integration with Microsoft’s ACR addresses these challenges. ACR offers a fully managed registry service for building, storing, and managing container images for Azure deployments. Teams can schedule automated scanning of container images at various stages of the SDLC to identify any potential container image risks. This native integration support ensures that only secure images are deployed within your Azure environment.

Automated Container Image Scanning

The integration with ACR enables automatic scanning of container images as they are pushed to the registry. This real-time security assessment mitigates the risk of deploying compromised or non-compliant images into your production environment.

Customizable Policies

With customizable security policies, you can define the criteria that must be met before an image is approved for deployment. Whether you’re looking to enforce industry-standard security benchmarks or internal compliance requirements, MetaDefender’s flexible configuration options allow you to tailor security protocols to your organization’s specific needs.

By having more threat visibility into your containers, you can reduce the attack surface of your containerized workloads while ensuring your DevOps process remains streamlined and efficient.

Bitbucket Integration: Threat Detection for On-Premises and Cloud Applications

A product of Atlassian, Bitbucket is a popular Git repository management solution that enables teams to collaborate at scale on software development. MetaDefender Software Supply Chain 2.3.0 secures your code from the moment it enters the BitBucket repository.

This integration ensures consistent protection for source code, whether your Bitbucket instances are hosted on-premises or in the cloud, with support for both Bitbucket Cloud and Bitbucket Data Center. With MetaDefender technologies, BitBucket users benefit from continuous security monitoring without compromising the agility and speed required by modern DevOps teams.

Screenshot showing a Bitbucket dataset scan with threats, secrets, and vulnerabilities found in multiple branches

Bitbucket Data Center Integration

For organizations that run BitBucket on-premises, MetaDefender Software Supply Chain provides deep scanning capabilities to identify malicious files, known vulnerabilities, and hardcoded secrets.

By catching these issues early in the development cycle, your team can address them before they become critical problems, reducing the risk of costly breaches.

Bitbucket Cloud Integration

As more teams transition to cloud-based workflows, MetaDefender Software Supply Chain’s integration with BitBucket Cloud ensures that your code remains secure regardless of where your developers are located.

Whether your team is distributed across the globe or working from a single location, MetaDefender’s automated scanning and reporting features keep your codebase secure.

How it Works

To enable the integration of Bitbucket and ACR with MetaDefender Software Supply Chain, log in to your account, go to Inventory on the left navigation bar, click Add Connection, and choose your service.

Benefits

Increased Visibility and Control

Developers gain transparency and eliminate blind spots early in the SDLC, including malicious software packages, dependencies, and vulnerabilities. Our dashboards and reports provide an overview and comprehensive details of vulnerability severity levels, so that teams can prioritize remediation efforts accordingly.

Sensitive Data Protection

Users will receive alerts to confidential information such as secrets, passwords, and API tokens left in your source code, so that you can remove them before deployment to prevent unauthorized access.

Software Bill of Materials (SBOM)

Auto-generate an inventory of software components. The SBOM helps DevSecOps teams identify vulnerabilities and open-source third-party dependencies in your BitBucket repositories and ACR.

About MetaDefender Software Supply Chain

MetaDefender Software Supply Chain enhances your DevSecOps pipeline by scanning every software library, including open-source third-party components to identify security threats and vulnerabilities. With our detection and prevention technologies, your SDLC is protected from malware and vulnerabilities to strengthen application security and compliance adherence.