Veracode Named Overall Leader in 2026 KuppingerCole  Analysts Software Supply Chain Security Leadership Compass for the Second Consecutive Time

Veracode Tops Every Category: Market Leader, Product Leader, and Innovation Leader

BURLINGTON, Mass. – August 6, 2026 – Veracode, the global leader in application risk management, today announced it has been named the Overall Leader in the 2026 KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass: Software Supply Chain Security for the second consecutive time since the report was first published. Veracode is positioned at the top of the Overall Leader, Product Leader, and Innovation Leader categories, and is also recognized as a Market Leader.

KuppingerCole Analyst’s Leadership Compass assesses solutions that help organizations establish and advance their software supply chain security programs. Vendors are evaluated on product strength, market presence, and innovation. In its assessment of Veracode, the analyst firm wrote: “Veracode earns its Overall Leadership position by evolving from application scanning into a unified application risk management platform, pairing mature application security testing with a dedicated software supply chain layer. Its Package Firewall blocks malicious open-source packages before they enter the codebase, while its first-to-market, AI-powered Fix capability gives developers remediation choices rather than just flagging problems.”

Fig 1.: KuppingerCole Software Supply Chain Security Leadership Compass

Veracode Strengths Cited by KuppingerCole Analysts

Software supply chain security (SSCS) requirements have increased exponentially in recent years as incidents involving compromised build systems and vulnerable open-source packages highlight the need for controls spanning the entire development and delivery process. Regulations such as the UK Cyber Security Bill, EU Cyber Resilience Act, and US executive orders on software security have introduced structure and standardization to a previously informal discipline. Veracode has responded with a comprehensive suite of cloud-based SSCS tools and services designed to address security risks throughout the software development life cycle.

KuppingerCole Analysts outlined the following strengths in its Veracode profile:

• Broad, mature application security testing across the portfolio.
• Industry-leading Static Analysis: 130+ languages and a market leading low false-positive rate.
• Package Firewall blocking malicious open-source packages at the point of ingestion.
• Malicious Package Detection, analyzing new packages within seconds.
• AI-powered Veracode Fix that proposes and applies remediation.
• Fully proprietary suite (Static Analysis, Software Composition Analysis, Dynamic Analysis, Container Security, and Veracode Risk Manager), with no reliance on OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer).
• Application Security Posture Management (ASPM)-consolidated findings across code to cloud via Veracode Risk Manager.
• Broad CI/CD (Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery), IDE (Integrated Development Environment), and registry integration ecosystem.
• SOC 2 (System and Organization Controls 2) Type II certified with 20+ years of enterprise deployment.
• Alignment with NIST SSDF (National Institute of Standards and Technology Secure Software Development Framework), EU CRA (EU Cybersecurity Resilience Act), and Executive Order 14028 on “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.”

“This recognition reflects what we hear from customers every day: they don’t just want visibility into supply chain risk, they want it stopped and fixed automatically,” said Ajay Nigam, Chief Product Officer at Veracode. “As supply chain attacks grow more sophisticated, security teams need a partner that closes the gap between finding a risk and fixing it — that’s exactly where we’re focused, and it’s what this recognition confirms.”

The 2026 KuppingerCole Analysts Leadership Compass: Software Supply Chain Security was authored by Jonathan Care, an expert in Cybersecurity and fraud Detection and a Fellow of the British Computer Society. To find out more about the Veracode platform and read the full analysis, download the report.