Web Security

Web security requires superior testing solutions

As threats against the application layer continue to increase, web security has become a critical enterprise priority. If web applications are not secure, enterprises expose themselves to a variety of attacks that may range from embarrassing defacing of web sites to loss of confidential customer information. Dynamic web application security testing has emerged as an effective technique for scanning web applications for vulnerabilities such as xss or SQL Injection and enhancing web security. But testing products can be expensive to purchase and maintain, and often require that developers be trained in web security techniques. For a highly effective and cost-efficient application testing solution, enterprises around the world are turning to Veracode.

Veracode: On-demand testing for web security

Veracode is dedicated to providing simple and cost-effective solutions for ensuring application security. Veracode SecurityReview® is the first automated, on-demand, application security testing solution that also includes a dynamic analysis for ensuring web security. As an on-demand service built on the software-as-a-service model, Veracode provides as-needed testing that saves companies time and money. Organizations can skip the capital investment in testing software and hardware. Developers are free to work on building applications instead needing to train in testing technology and become web security experts. And dynamic testing best-practices can be embedded in the secure software development life cycle, reducing the cost of development and speeding time to market.

Enhance security for static and web applications

Veracode combines several testing techniques to provide the most comprehensive software assurance solution available today. In addition to dynamic analysis, Veracode SecurityReview includes manual penetration testing and static binary analysis for evaluating vulnerabilities in static applications. Before SecurityReview, companies would have to purchase multiple on-premises products to achieve the same level of protection that Veracode offers as an on-demand service. Veracode's binary analysis technique is a revolutionary new approach to static analysis. Most traditional solutions scan source code to find vulnerabilities. This approach is increasingly ineffective as applications have become more complex. Frequently they are built with code from multiple sources, including third-party libraries, commercial off-the-shelf packages, and other components. For practical or proprietary reasons, source code for these components is normally inaccessible, making traditional software security vulnerability scanning solutions obsolete. But because Veracode scans binary code—compiled or "byte" code—instead of source code, SecurityReview can scan an entire application, delivering superior coverage and finding more flaws with greater accuracy.

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