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Fortify Software Security Center pros and cons

Vendor: OpenText
3.9 out of 5

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PROS

Fortify Software Security Center is stable.
Its reporting is useful, showing a list of issues.
Tool's rule packs are easy to download and update.
Fortify Analytics' AI provides detailed vulnerability explanations and recommendations.
Software Security Center is highly customizable for testing against latest conventions like OWASP Top Ten and CVE Top Twenty-Five.

CONS

Fortify Software Security Center is difficult to implement, making it uncomfortable for end-users.
There are issues with false positives that need resolution.
Setup of Fortify Software Security Center is painful.
Overlap feature of Fortify Software Security Center is restrictive and requires costly customization efforts.
Improvements needed for Fortify Software Security Center include better aggregation views of datasets.
 

Fortify Software Security Center Pros review quotes

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2025
Software Security Center is highly customizable and helps me test all vulnerability data against the latest conventions like OWASP Top Ten, CVE Top twenty-five, and several other legal compliances.
reviewer1252050 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
The reporting is very useful because you can always view an entire list of the issues that you have.
Infosechead67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 7, 2019
This is a stable solution at the end of the day.
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Kibeom Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2024
Fortify Analytics' AI function helps scan and provides more detailed explanations and recommendations about vulnerabilities.
Mahammad Azeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2023
You can easily download the tool's rule packs and update them.
DJ
Mar 24, 2025
I like the explanation of issues provided by Fortify Software Security Center.
 

Fortify Software Security Center Cons review quotes

Jonathan Steyn - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 31, 2025
Improvements needed for Software Security Center include better aggregation views of datasets.
reviewer1252050 - PeerSpot reviewer
Jan 26, 2020
We are having issues with false positives that need to be resolved.
Infosechead67 - PeerSpot reviewer
Aug 7, 2019
This solution is difficult to implement, and it should be made more comfortable for the end-users.
Find out what your peers are saying about OpenText, Invicti, Checkmarx and others in Static Application Security Testing (SAST). Updated: August 2025.
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Kibeom Kim - PeerSpot reviewer
Jun 11, 2024
The product's overlap feature is restrictive and requires more customization efforts, which can be expensive.
Mahammad Azeem - PeerSpot reviewer
Jul 17, 2023
Fortify Software Security Center's setup is really painful.
DJ
Mar 24, 2025
I am not satisfied with the percentage of false positives, which is around eighteen percent.