ARMONK, USA: IBM has announced a new software and analysis capabilities that provide a more efficient and accurate way to help organizations design, build and manage secure applications. 

The new software consolidates software vulnerability analysis and reporting into a single view across the enterprise.

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According to the release, developers can now assess security threats across the entire software development life-cycle, enabling global development teams to easily identify and test security exposures, and help reduce the risks and costs associated with security and compliance concerns.

For example, organizations can use the software to automate application security audits and source code scanning to ensure that the network and Web-based applications are secure and compliant. This delivers improved accuracy of vulnerability identification and remediation. 

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The new security offerings include enhancements to the IBM Rational AppScan portfolio that further simplify security vulnerability analysis and identification for software developers. 

As part of the new features, IBM Research provided string analysis, a software development capability that helps simplify the security testing process by automatically detecting and verifying which Web application development input needs to be cleansed to remove security risks.

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This capability helps accelerate the accuracy and efficiency of security testing by the development community, regardless of their security expertise, added the release.

"As vulnerabilities become more prevalent, testing across the entire development lifecycle without having to invest in additional development resources and skills is significant for the bottom line," said Steve Robinson, general manager, IBM Security Solutions.

"Through the ongoing value brought by the acquisitions of Ounce Labs and Watchfire Corp., combined with our R&D expertise, we can now provide more comprehensive security governance, collaboration and risk management solutions that further protect organizations from malicious attacks," added Robinson.

New enhancements to the IBM Rational AppScan portfolio includes consolidated view of vulnerabilities, broader scanning access identifies blind spots, security assessment process simplified and can support multiple frameworks.