Case Study: Datto achieves developer-first security with Snyk

How Datto made developer-first security a reality with Snyk

Datto, a software company, wanted to make developer-first security part of its engineering workflow without slowing developers down. The team faced the challenge of gaining developer buy-in while managing dependency risk and security tasks alongside fast-paced product development, and it turned to Snyk to help embed security into existing CI pipelines.

With Snyk integrated into Datto’s CI process, developers could see dependency issues early through an easy-to-read “stoplight” signal and address them before release. Datto also used Snyk for open source license scanning, reducing manual work for legal and IT, and the approach quickly scaled across all product teams; within months, every Datto developer team had embraced Snyk and security dependency management became significantly healthier.

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David McCheyne

DevOps Engineer