Prisma Cloud SCA
Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across code, builds, deployment and runtime.
What Prisma Cloud SCA is
Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across code, builds, deployment and runtime. It examines direct and transitive dependencies, including packages deep in dependency trees, and connects application and infrastructure findings to help teams prioritize risk exposed in their codebase. It supports popular languages and package managers and draws on more than 30 upstream data sources. Teams can apply custom scanning policies across repositories, registries, CI/CD pipelines and runtime environments. Developer feedback can appear in IDEs and version-control pull or merge requests, with CLI extensibility. The Supply Chain Graph inventories and visualizes pipelines and code, and the product can generate SBOMs and IBOMs for export in standard formats. For remediation, it recommends small version updates while letting developers select package versions. License policies can alert on or block builds and deployments. Named sources include GitHub repositories and Docker, Quay and Artifactory registries. A free 30-day Prisma Cloud trial includes code security, but the page does not specify SCA separately. SCA pricing is on request.
Good
- Finds risk in deep transitive dependencies
- Scanning policies span repositories through runtime
- Provides feedback in IDEs and pull requests
- Generates SBOMs and IBOMs for export
- License policies can alert on or block builds
Watch out
- SCA pricing is on request
- The 30-day trial does not specify SCA separately
Who it suits
Prisma Cloud SCA is aimed at developers securing open-source use in DevOps workflows and security teams managing risk across an application lifecycle. It may suit teams that need dependency analysis, supply-chain inventories and license controls across repositories and runtime environments.
Verdict
Prisma Cloud SCA combines dependency and license analysis with developer feedback and supply-chain inventory. Teams considering it should confirm SCA pricing and trial coverage with the provider.
The facts
Each one read from Prisma Cloud SCA's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Audience
- The SCA product page describes the tool for developers and organizations securing cloud-native applications and managing open-source risk and compliance.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Contextual risk
- It connects application and infrastructure findings to help teams prioritize vulnerabilities that are exposed in their codebase.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Coverage
- The product page says it supports popular languages and package managers and uses more than 30 upstream data sources, including NVD and Prisma Cloud Intelligence Stream.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- It extrapolates dependency trees to identify open-source risk in transitive packages at any dependency depth.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Dependency analysis
- It extrapolates dependency trees to identify risks in transitive packages, including at the deepest layers.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Developer workflows
- It provides vulnerability feedback through IDEs and version-control pull or merge requests, and supports scanning repositories, registries, CI/CD pipelines and runtime environments.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The product is presented for developers securing open-source use in DevOps workflows and security teams managing risk across the application lifecycle.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License compliance
- It catalogs open-source licenses and can alert or block builds or deployments under customizable policies for license types such as copyleft and permissive licenses.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License controls
- Teams can use default or customized license policies to alert on or block builds and deployments for license violations.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Named integrations
- The product page cites GitHub repositories and Docker, Quay, and Artifactory registries as examples of sources it can check.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Policy controls
- The product page describes default license policies with severity levels and pattern matching for nonstandard license language, as well as custom policies.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Pricing
- The opened product and trial pages provide no SCA price; the pricing guide describes a Prisma Cloud Enterprise credit model and module credit requirements.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Prisma Cloud SCA scans open-source packages for vulnerabilities and license-compliance issues across the software lifecycle.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Remediation
- It recommends granular version updates for direct and transitive dependencies, including the smallest update that addresses a vulnerability.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Repositories and registries
- The product page names GitHub repositories and Docker, Quay and Artifactory registries as examples.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Risk context
- It connects application and infrastructure findings to help teams prioritize vulnerabilities exposed in their codebase.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Scanning lifecycle
- Custom policies can govern scanning across repositories, registries, CI/CD pipelines, and runtime environments.checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supply chain inventory
- The Supply Chain Graph provides an inventory and visualization of pipelines and code and can generate software bills of materials (SBOMs).checked 4 Oct 2026
- Supply-chain inventory
- The Supply Chain Graph inventories pipelines and code, and the product can generate SBOMs and IBOMs for export in standard formats.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Trust and compliance
- Palo Alto Networks’ Trust Center provides documentation about its security practices, certifications, attestations, and compliance frameworks.checked 4 Oct 2026
The company
- Company compliance
- Palo Alto Networks’ compliance page lists CSA STAR and ENS High certification and Global Cross-Border Privacy Rules and Global Privacy Recognition for Processors certifications.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Founded
- 2005checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Santa Clara, California, USAchecked 28 Sep 2026
Money
- Trial
- Palo Alto Networks offers a free 30-day Prisma Cloud trial that includes code security for infrastructure, applications, and software supply-chain pipelines; the page does not specify SCA separately.checked 4 Oct 2026
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