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Snyk Hardening Guide

Security Last updated: 2025-12-14

AppSec platform security for service accounts, SCM integrations, and Broker configs

Overview

Snyk provides developer security for vulnerability scanning across code, dependencies, containers, and IaC. REST API, CLI tokens, and SCM integrations access source code repositories and vulnerability data. Compromised access exposes vulnerability findings and potentially enables code access through integrations.

Intended Audience

  • Security engineers managing AppSec tools
  • DevSecOps administrators
  • GRC professionals assessing development security
  • Third-party risk managers evaluating security scanning tools

Table of Contents

  1. Authentication & Access Controls
  2. Integration Security
  3. Data Security
  4. Monitoring & Detection

1. Authentication & Access Controls

1.1 Enforce SSO with MFA

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: IA-2(1)

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Configure SAML SSO (Business/Enterprise)

  1. Navigate to: Settings → SSO
  2. Configure SAML IdP
  3. Enable: Require SSO

Step 2: Enable MFA (Non-SSO)

  1. Configure MFA through account settings
  2. Enforce for all users

1.2 Role-Based Access

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: AC-3, AC-6

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Define Roles

Role Permissions
Group Admin Full organization access
Org Admin Organization management
Org Collaborator View and test projects
Org Custom Custom permissions

Step 2: Configure Organization Access

  1. Navigate to: Settings → Members
  2. Assign appropriate roles
  3. Use least privilege

2. Integration Security

2.1 Secure Service Account Tokens

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: IA-5

Description

Manage Snyk service account tokens securely.

Rationale

Attack Scenario: Exposed API token enables vulnerability data export; attackers gain insight into exploitable vulnerabilities before patches.

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Audit Service Accounts

  1. Navigate to: Settings → Service accounts
  2. Review all service accounts
  3. Remove unused accounts

Step 2: Token Best Practices

  1. Create tokens per CI/CD pipeline
  2. Set token expiration
  3. Use least privilege roles

2.2 SCM Integration Security

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: CM-7

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Review Integrations

  1. Navigate to: Settings → Integrations
  2. Review SCM connections
  3. Limit repository access

Step 2: Broker Configuration (Enterprise)

  1. Use Snyk Broker for private repos
  2. Configure accept.json filters
  3. Limit exposed endpoints

3. Data Security

3.1 Project Visibility

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: AC-21

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Configure Project Settings

  1. Set appropriate project visibility
  2. Limit who can view vulnerability details
  3. Control issue sharing

Step 2: Report Access

  1. Limit report generation
  2. Control export permissions
  3. Audit report access

3.2 Ignore Policy

Profile Level: L2 (Hardened) NIST 800-53: CM-7

Implementation

Step 1: Ignore Workflow

  1. Require reason for ignores
  2. Set ignore expiration
  3. Audit ignored vulnerabilities

4. Monitoring & Detection

4.1 Audit Logs (Enterprise)

Profile Level: L1 (Baseline) NIST 800-53: AU-2, AU-3

ClickOps Implementation

Step 1: Access Audit Logs

  1. Navigate to: Settings → Audit logs
  2. Review user activities
  3. Export for SIEM

Detection Focus

-- Detect bulk vulnerability exports
SELECT user_email, action, project_count
FROM snyk_audit_log
WHERE action = 'export'
  AND timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '24 hours'
GROUP BY user_email
HAVING project_count > 10;

-- Detect service account creation
SELECT admin_email, service_account_name, created_at
FROM snyk_audit_log
WHERE action = 'service_account.create'
  AND timestamp > NOW() - INTERVAL '7 days';

Appendix A: Edition Compatibility

Control Free Team Business Enterprise
SAML SSO ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅
SCIM ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Audit Logs ❌ ❌ ❌ ✅
Service Accounts ❌ ❌ ✅ ✅

Changelog

Date Version Maturity Changes Author
2025-12-14 0.1.0 draft Initial Snyk hardening guide Claude Code (Opus 4.5)