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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.”
08/19/2022
How to blow up AppDev bottlenecks
It’s the perfect time: The code is fresh in developers’ minds, and they’re hungry for quality feedback.
08/17/2022
Why Software Bill of Materials (SBOM) Is Critical To Mitigating Software Supply Chain Risks
Smart firms maintain an up-to-date, credible SBOM for their projects that includes a list of all the open source and third-party components that are used to create high-quality, ethical, and secure code. This article discusses SBOM in greater detail.
08/16/2022
Stop Fretting About Hiring Security Specialists
Stop trying to find all the bugs. Start looking for Ted Lassos to close the DevSecOp divide.
08/16/2022
Contrast Security Adds API Support to Security Platform
Contrast Security has fully extended its vulnerability scanning and runtime application self-protection (RASP) platform to now include application programming interfaces (APIs).
08/11/2022
Contrast Security Enhances API Security Solution
Contrast Security announced its enhanced application programming interface (API) security capabilities within the Contrast Secure Code Platform.
08/10/2022
Security Risks with Open Source Software, Steve Wilson, Chief Product Officer at Contrast Security
Steve Wilson, Chief Product Officer at Contrast Security explains how the use of open source software can introduce security issues
08/10/2022
Is Your AppSec Program Developer-Centric?
You need an AppSec program.
08/10/2022
Contrast Launches API Security Solution to Protect Against Zero-Day Vulnerabilities
Contrast Security has announced added API security capabilities to its Contrast Secure Code Platform. T
08/05/2022
CodeSec offers greater code scanning scope for developers
Contrast Security’s free new CodeSec tool was built to help developers secure code quicker without disrupting their workflows, as code scanning is becoming a bigger responsibility for dev teams.
08/04/2022
Contrast Security Adds SCA in Free CodeSec Tool
App security tools provider Contrast Security has added software composition analysis (SCA) capabilities to its free in CodeSec "developer-first" scanner, the company announced this week.
08/04/2022
Contrast’s free SCA feature within CodeSec identifies vulnerable third-party libraries
Contrast Security announced that software composition analysis (SCA) is available for free in CodeSec. CodeSec offers free application security testing and SCA in a single, developer-friendly interface.
08/04/2022
Contrast Security announces SCA is available for free in CodeSec
CodeSec is the first free developer tool to combine world-renowned security testing and SCA functionality in a developer-friendly CLI to secure code and identify vulnerable third-party libraries