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Best Practices Guide
Recommended best practices for implementing Seeker in your organization
Configuration and Integration Checklist
Make the most of Seeker by fine-tuning its settings and integrating the external tools that complement its functionality.

Best Practices Guide
Recommended best practices for implementing Seeker in your organization
- Best Practices
  Rolling out a new security testing tool in any organization requires quite a bit of planning and preparation.
- Planning and Preparations
  Things to plan and prepare before starting an actual Seeker implementation.
- Server Deployment and Initial Setup
  Things to consider when planning your Seeker server deployment.
- Configuration and Integration Checklist
  Make the most of Seeker by fine-tuning its settings and integrating the external tools that complement its functionality.
- Securing Seeker Deployment
  Recommended measures that can help you secure your Seeker deployment.
- Application Onboarding Checklist
  Tasks to perform to enable Seeker to test your application for security vulnerabilities.
- Application Testing Guidelines
  Once you have onboarded your application, you need to generate activity and traffic in the application for Seeker to monitor. In most cases, this happens during regular manual or automated QA testing.
- Reviewing Test Results
  Review the results of security testing of your application and included third-party and open-source components, and handle the detected vulnerabilities.
- Vulnerability Handling Guidelines
  Recommendations and best practices for the handling of vulnerabilities detected in your applications.
- Maintenance
  To ensure your Seeker system's health, perform periodic maintenance tasks.
- Performance Optimization
  How to minimize the potential impact of Seeker operation on application performance.

Configuration and Integration Checklist

Make the most of Seeker by fine-tuning its settings and integrating the external tools that complement its functionality.


Tasks	Information
1. Configure the delivery of vulnerability detections to a bug tracking system such as Jira.	Configure Bug Tracking Integration
2. Enable the secure connection with the Seeker server by configuring signed HTTPS certificates.	Configure Server URL Configure HTTPS Certificates
3. Configure an email account to send notifications upon vulnerability detections.	Configure SMTP Account
4. Configure automatic actions to take upon vulnerability detections, such as applying custom tags or creating tickets in a bug tracking system.	Configure Notification Rules
5. Enable the security analysis of third-party components included in your applications.	Install and Configure Black Duck Binary Analysis
6. Integrate eLearning© to enable access to the online training courses that guide developers how to handle and remediate detected vulnerabilities.	Configure eLearning