SAN FRANCISCO, USA: Coverity, provider of development testing solutions, and Wind River, solution provider for embedded and mobile software, have teamed to integrate Coverity's development testing platform for security with Wind River's embedded software.

Coverity will offer an evaluation edition of Coverity Static Analysis, pre-configured for Wind River Workbench, supporting both Wind River Linux and Wind River's VxWorks real-time operating system
(RTOS).

This combined solution enables development teams to build security into the embedded software development process and effectively address security vulnerabilities as software code is written, said a press release.

According to various market estimates, it's expected that by 2020 there will be 50 billion connected devices worldwide.

Wind River has a unique advantage within the embedded industry with its comprehensive software portfolio. Coverity automatically scans source code for security and quality defects, exposing them in the developer's existing workflow and greatly reducing the risk of security vulnerabilities making their way into the field, said the release.

"Our development testing roots began in embedded software, and today over 1,100 of the world's largest device manufacturers and software companies rely on Coverity to help prevent critical defects," said Jennifer Johnson, vice president of Marketing at Coverity.

"Increased security threats and continued growth of embedded device connectivity create an urgent need to address security during development," said Marc Brown, vice president of Tools and Marketing Operations, Products Group at Wind River.

"Together with Coverity, we are providing embedded developers with powerful solutions to rapidly and efficiently identify and tackle software security flaws in their workflow and dramatically curb potential security issues down the road," added Brown.