Open Source Unified Vulnerability Management Platform

DefectDojo is a platform whose origins date back to 2013, when the OWASP project was first introduced. The Austin, Texas-based company traces its founding to 2015, when the open source version of DefectDojo was released.

Rather than functioning as a scanner itself, the platform aggregates and automates the growing sprawl of security findings generated across modern DevSecOps environments. Its core value lies in centralizing data from static and dynamic testing, container scanning, threat modeling, penetration testing, and third-party audits.

DefectDojo automates vulnerability triage, prioritization, and remediation management, reducing manual effort while improving visibility across complex application portfolios. Its customization capabilities allow security teams to map findings to specific applications, components, and development stages, enabling clearer ownership and more accurate risk tracking. Correlation and deduplication features eliminate the need to manually import and cross-reference vulnerability data from a variety of security scanners: a time-consuming challenge in environments overloaded with scanner-generated noise.

Using the vulnerability and security finding data already in DefectDojo, teams can leverage its MCP integration to generate compliance and security posture reports within minutes. DefectDojo has also released new AI services that allow the platform to scan, report on, and fix vulnerabilities in customers’ codebases: all while keeping security teams at the helm.