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06/13/2024
Microsoft’s Brad Smith acknowledges past security failures, outlines new initiatives
Not everyone was as harsh on Microsoft’s previous mistakes. Jeff Williams, co-founder and chief technology officer at application security software platform provider Contrast Security Inc., noted that “while it’s pretty obvious in hindsight that they made a mistake, I think commentators are judging them without seeing the whole picture.”
“The unfortunate reality is that software is far more complex than most people understand,” he said. “A single application is built from dozens of source code repos, hundreds of open-source libraries, multiple application frameworks, server software and often multiple language platforms. And Microsoft has tens of thousands of applications, each of which has vulnerabilities reported all the time by tools, penetration testers, customers and more.”
11/09/2021
Contrast Security Raises $150M Led By Former Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Equity Fund
Contrast Security will use the additional capital – which boosts the DevSecOps company’s valuation to “unicorn” status – to accelerate its global expansion and possibly for strategic acquisitions.
11/09/2021
Application security startup Contrast Security raises $150M on $1B+ valuation
Application security startup Contrast Security Inc. has raised $150 million in new funding to meet growing demand, further gain market share with accelerated global expansion plans and provide the company with additional flexibility to execute on strategic opportunities and acquisitions.
11/09/2021
Contrast Security expands its cybersecurity tech to new markets with $150M
Contrast Security, a Los Altos, California-based company developing app security and embedded code analysis technologies
11/08/2021
Serverless Application Security – Steve Wilson, Contrast Security
Contrast Security announced Contrast Serverless Application Security, a breakthrough application security solution designed specifically for serverless application development that will initially support AWS Lambda.
11/03/2021
Contrast Security Adds Serverless Security for AWS Lambda
Contrast Security has expanded its Contrast Application Security Platform to add serverless to its list of approaches, which previously included code scanning, application security testing, open source security and runtime protection.
11/01/2021
A guide to cloud-native security tools
The following is a listing of cloud-native security tool providers, along with a brief description of their offerings.
10/14/2021
CLOUD-NATIVE SECURITY REQUIRES A PLATFORM APPROACH
I am not exaggerating when I say that every organization of any size now uses some sort of cloud-based service
10/08/2021
Latest OMB Memo Doubles Down on Flawed NIST Critical Software Standards
An August memo from the White House represents another missed opportunity for transformational change in cybersecurity.
10/07/2021
Top cybersecurity statistics, trends, and facts
2021 has been a banner year for cybercriminals, they have taken advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic.
10/05/2021
“High-profile application attacks have continued and perhaps ramped up”
Jeff Williams, CTO and Co-founder at Contrast Security, answered our questions about application security, the newest executive order in the US, where vulnerabilities are most likely to occur, and more. Learn more about the Contrast platform and how it works to ensure software security.
09/01/2021
Why You Should Consider Just-In-Time Training For Developers
CTO and Co-Founder of Contrast Security — helping companies become truly great at securing their apps and APIs.