RunSafe Identify vs. FOSSA
RunSafe Identify provides complete SBOM generation and risk analysis for native-code systems, where FOSSA encounters major accuracy and coverage gaps. Identify offers build-time visibility, reachability filtering, and exploitability modeling—capabilities unavailable in FOSSA.
RunSafe Key Differentiators
- Build‑time SBOM generation for C/C++ without package managers.
- Automatic OS‑package ingestion and vulnerability correlation.
- Reachability analysis to reduce false positives.
- Zero‑day exploitability modeling for syscall‑level risk.
- Integrated pathway to memory‑safety mitigation via RunSafe Protect.
- Flexible ingestion models: Manual, on‑prem, GitHub action, or API.
- Better alignment with FDA, medical‑device, and robotics markets.
RunSafe Identify Is Designed for Embedded Systems
Full C/C++ build-time SBOM extraction
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Limited; partial heuristics)
OS package enumeration
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Often missing; requires manual additions)
Reachability filtering
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Not available)
Zero-day exploitability modeling
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Not available)
Memory-safety mitigation mapping
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Not available)
Flexible ingestion workflows
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Primarily SaaS + CLI)
Embedded/regulated environment suitability
- RunSafe Identify
- FOSSA (Strong)
Where RunSafe Stands Out
Native Code SBOM Generation
RunSafe Identify integrates directly into the build environment, enabling precise enumeration of C/C++ components, headers, object files, and OS-level packages. This avoids the limitations of package-manager–driven tools. FOSSA, in contrast, struggles with unmanaged code and requires manual modeling for C/C++ and embedded environments.
Accuracy and Coverage
RunSafe Identify captures full build-time dependency graphs and operating system packages automatically. FOSSA customers frequently report missing OS packages and incomplete coverage of nested native dependencies.
Reachability and Vulnerability Reduction
RunSafe Identify includes reachability analysis for C/C++ components, enabling suppression of non‑reachable vulnerabilities (e.g., kernel modules not shipped in final artifacts). FOSSA lacks an equivalent capability and treats all vulnerabilities as reachable.
Zero‑Day Exploitability Modeling
RunSafe Identify models syscall‑level exploitability paths and quantifies how memory‑safety protections reduce zero‑day impact. FOSSA does not perform exploitability modeling and relies solely on CVE presence.
Integration into Consulting Workflows
RunSafe Identify models syscall‑level exploitability paths and quantifies how memory‑safety protections reduce zero‑day impact. FOSSA does not perform exploitability modeling and relies solely on CVE presence.
Compliance and FDA Considerations
With CycloneDX outputs, VEX data, reachability filtering, and exploitability metrics, RunSafe Identify provides high‑value insights for regulated submissions. FOSSA provides standard SBOM and CVE lists but lacks the deeper context and mitigation pathways.
Get Started with Accurate and Complete SBOMs
RunSafe Identify offers significantly deeper native‑code visibility, actionable vulnerability insights, and risk‑reduction analytics. For organizations requiring accurate SBOMs in embedded or regulated environments, Identify delivers capabilities far beyond FOSSA’s traditional SaaS scanning model.