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Securing apps: scan code for vulnerabilities or rewrite from scratch?

Apr

2016

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) states that 90% of security incidents result from exploits against defects in software. ”The SANS Institute 2015 State of Application Security Report” states that many information security engineers don’t understand software development—and most software developers don’t understand security.”

Category Application security Written by Csoonline 0 Comments

Tor Project says it can quickly catch spying code

Mar

2016

The Tor Project is fortifying its software so that it can quickly detect if its network is tampered with for surveillance purposes, a top developer for the volunteer project wrote on Monday. There are worries that Tor could either be technically subverted or subject to court orders, which could force the project to turn over […]

Category Privacy protection Written by Cio 0 Comments

Custom and Open-Source Code: A New Approach to Application Security Management

Feb

2016

Software applications access many of the most important assets organizations manage, such as intellectual property, strategic plans and customer data. This makes them a very lucrative target for cyber-criminals. Unfortunately, applications are often the weakest link in the enterprise IT security chain. Recent IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence reports have shown that many disclosed security incidents […]

Category Application security Written by Securityintelligence 0 Comments

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