Industry Computer software | Founded October 2002 | |
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Genre Software Security Assurance Key people John M. Jack (former CEO), Jacob West(head of Security Research Group), Brian Chess(former Chief Scientist), Arthur Do (former Chief Architect) Owner Hewlett Packard Company Website HP Software Security web page and
HP Fortify Software Security Center Server Headquarters San Mateo, California, United States Type of business former Independent Software Vendor Founders Michael Armistead, Roger Thornton, Brian Chess | ||
Hp fortify software security security from the inside out
Fortify Software, known now as Fortify, was a California-based software security vendor, founded in 2003 and acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010. Fortify is now part of HP Enterprise Security Products in the HP Software business, providing application security products and services for enterprise customers to assess, assure and protect enterprise software and applications from security vulnerabilities.
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- Hp fortify software security security from the inside out
- Fortify software
- Technical advisory board
- Security research
- Offerings
- References
On September 7, 2016, HPE CEO Meg Whitman announced that the software assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including Fortify, would be spun out and then merged with Micro Focus to create an independent company of which HP Enterprise shareholders would retain majority ownership. Micro Focus CEO Kevin Loosemore called the transaction "entirely consistent with our established acquisition strategy and our focus on efficient management of mature infrastructure products" and indicated that Micro Focus intended to "bring the core earnings margin for the mature assets in the deal - about 80 percent of the total - from 21 percent today to Micro Focus's existing 46 percent level within three years."
Fortify software
Technical advisory board
Fortify's technical advisory board was composed of Avi Rubin, Bill Joy, David A. Wagner, Fred Schneider, Gary McGraw, Greg Morrisett, Li Gong, Marcus Ranum, Matt Bishop, William Pugh and John Viega.
Security research
Fortify created a security research group that maintained the Java Open Review project and the Vulncat taxonomy of security vulnerabilities in addition to the security rules for Fortify's analysis software. Members of the group wrote the book, Secure Coding with Static Analysis, and published research, including JavaScript Hijacking, Attacking the build: Cross build Injection, Watch what you write: Preventing Cross-site scripting by observing program output and Dynamic Taint Propagation: Finding Vulnerabilities Without Attacking.
Offerings
Fortify offerings included Static Application Security Testing and Dynamic Application Security Testing products, as well as products and services to support Software Security Assurance, or repeatable and auditable secure behaviors, over the course of a software application's life cycle.
In February 2011, Fortify also announced Fortify OnDemand, a static and dynamic application testing service.