HP announces new application security offerings

New Delhi

May 29, 2008

HP has announced updates to its application security software as well as a
new software-as-a-service (SaaS) offering to help businesses minimize the risk
of security breaches due to hacker attacks and safeguard against theft of
sensitive customer information.

The new release of HP application security center helps organizations
discover, fix and prevent security vulnerabilities in their web applications.
New features in the software help bridge the gaps that exist among development,
quality assurance, operations and security teams within an IT organization.

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, VP, Gartner.

In a recent survey of 1,000 IT professionals worldwide, 80 percent said that
responsibility for application security falls to their security or operations
teams, while less than 27 percent said that their development or quality
assurance teams share the responsibility.

“Technology underpins our entire business, and our IT organization strives
to deliver predictable outcomes,” said Christopher Rence, CIO and VP, Fair
Isaac Corp. ”One of the solutions we rely upon to do this is HP application
security center, which provides a comprehensive capability for testing,
remediation and prevention throughout our development lifecycle,” Rence added.