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HP Offers Updates for Application Security Software(Wireless News Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) HP has announced major updates to its application security software as well as a new software-as-a-service offering to help businesses minimize the risk of security breaches due to hacker attacks and safeguard against theft of sensitive customer information. HP said the the release of HP Application Security Center helps organizations discover, fix and prevent security vulnerabilities in their web applications. This lifecycle approach helps companies comply with government and industry regulations, such as the Federal Information Security Management Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, and the European Union Directive on Privacy and Electronic Communications. "While customer-facing applications may be the lifeblood of a business, if they are not secured, they can provide an open door for hackers to a company's most sensitive data," said Joseph Feiman, vice president and Gartner fellow, Gartner. "Organizations must not only find security vulnerabilities in their applications, they must fix them and be vigilant about prevention throughout the application lifecycle, from requirements definition, development and testing, through production." The security checks are automatically updated for existing customers within 24 hours. In addition, the group researched new security issues for Web 2.0 technologies, including Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX), Adobe Flash and Microsoft Silverlight. HP Application Security Center includes HP Assessment Management Platform as the foundation of the solution, with HP DevInspect for developers, HP QAInspect for quality assurance teams and HP WebInspect for operations and security experts. This allows customers to find, fix and prevent security vulnerabilities. Enhancements to HP Application Security Center increase efficiency for these teams and help them integrate these security practices into their existing application lifecycle processes. "Hacker attacks are a critical concern for IT organizations of all sizes. Now customers can get up and running quickly and involve the right teams to minimize this risk," said Jonathan Rende, vice president of products, Software, HP. "HP is helping customers address their biggest application security challenges with software-as-a-service offerings, product enhancements and research breakthroughs from our security experts." HP also provides turnkey web application security assessment and penetration testing services performed by application security experts. These services use the HP SaaS offering to accelerate the assessment of an application's vulnerabilities and help customers reduce and manage risks associated with web applications that affect their business. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |