Ultra-Fast DevSecOps Scanners
Why scan speed matters in modern CI/CD pipelines
Every minute in the CI/CD pipeline counts. When a security scan slows down a build, it disrupts developer flow, delays releases, and sometimes leads to bypassed security steps. The solution isn’t just better security tooling — it’s security tooling that keeps up with development speed.
🛠 Why Scan Speed Is Critical
DevSecOps aims to integrate security into the development process without slowing it down. But security scans that take too long often become blockers. Developers may delay scans or skip them altogether, leading to security debt.
That’s why scan performance is becoming a critical metric — not just for coverage or accuracy, but for practical usability.
🔍 Real Example: AquilaX Scan in 40 Seconds
A recent scan with AquilaX (shown in the screenshot) completed in just 40 seconds. That includes:
- Static code analysis (SAST)
- Open-source dependency checks (SCA)
- Secrets and sensitive data detection
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) analysis
- API security checks
- Malware scanning
- Compliance checks
All of these run in parallel, not sequentially.
This kind of speed is possible because AquilaX is built around performance-optimized, lightweight AI models and supports efficient CI/CD pipeline integration .
🧠 Noise Reduction with AI
Speed alone isn’t enough. If a scanner runs quickly but floods developers with false positives, it’s still a blocker.
AquilaX uses an AI engine called Securitron, which has been trained on:
- 300M+ open-source code samples
- Thousands of triaged vulnerability cases by real security engineers
- Categorization into true/false positives
This allows it to automatically filter out low-value findings and highlight what really matters. Less triage work for developers. Fewer distractions. Better signal-to-noise ratio.
🔗 Integration with CI/CD Workflows
Fast scans are only useful if they’re easy to integrate. AquilaX works with:
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Bitbucket Pipelines
- CLI-based and API-driven workflows
Results can be fed into dashboards or pushed as comments in pull requests. That makes it easier for teams to act on findings early, without breaking their flow.
📊 Measurable Impact at Scale
Since launch, AquilaX has:
- Scanned over 10 billion lines of code
- Detected 61+ million vulnerabilities
- Performed 34,000+ scans across multiple deployment models
Whether running in SaaS, on-prem, or private cloud, the scanning performance holds up due to its optimized architecture.
