# 4 Ways to Secure & Prevent Vulnerabilities in Serverless Applications using Snyk

DevFeed: [4 Ways to Secure & Prevent Vulnerabilities in Serverless Applications using Snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/4-ways-to-secure-prevent-vulnerabilities-in-serverless-applications-using-snyk-14051.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.serverless.com/blog/4-ways-to-secure-prevent-vulnerabilities-in-serverless-applications>)

Author: Tim Kadlec

Published: 2016-11-03T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [Serverless Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/serverless-blog.md>)

Topics: [Serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/serverless.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/snyk.md>), [Vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vulnerabilities.md>), [Security](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/security.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>)

Tags: [applications](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/applications.md>), [aws](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws.md>), [aws-lambda](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/aws-lambda.md>), [cloud-computing](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud-computing.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [faas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/faas.md>), [function-as-a-service](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/function-as-a-service.md>), [infrastructure-as-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure-as-code.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-source-packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source-packages.md>), [packages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/packages.md>), [security](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/security.md>), [serverless](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless.md>), [serverless-architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-architecture.md>), [serverless-framework](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/serverless-framework.md>), [snyk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/snyk.md>), [vulnerabilities](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vulnerabilities.md>)

## AI overview

The new Serverless Snyk plugin scans vulnerable open source packages and alerts users to potential security risks in serverless applications.

## Source excerpt

The new Serverless Snyk plugin scans vulnerable open source packages and alerts of potential security risks.