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Aspect Security Invited To Provide Editorial on Application Security Initiatives to Agile Publications
Paper Identifies Key Trends in Application Security
Columbia, MD - January 10, 2006
Aspect was invited to provide an editoral on Application Security Initiatives for "Business Management Europe". The editorial identifies five trends that make the case that it is becoming a necessity to have in place an initiative to develop the capabilitiy to secure applications.
Jeff Williams, founder and CEO of Aspect Security as well as Chairman of the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Foundation authored the five trends highlighted in the editorial. “It's exciting to see that the interest and demand for application security is now growing internationally. It was a privilege to provide a trend analysis that clarifies how imperative it is for company's to put in place initiatives to secure their applications,” said Williams.
Trend #1 – Attackers have changed their focus to the application layer
Trend #2 – Application security threats require a different approach than network threats
Trend #3 – Application vulnerabilities stem from root causes in the organization
Trend #4 – Application Security Initiatives are producing results
Trend #5 – Many sectors already require secure applications
Application security issues are rooted in shortcomings with processes, practices, techniques, tools, developers, and maintenance personnel. Establishing an Application Security Initiative allows organizations to adapt and expand their current approaches with applications to address security and effectively manage application security risks. Organizations make significant investments in their unique software methods, structures, and culture. Therefore, to be effective, Application Security Initiatives must be tailored to a specific organization so that any enhancements are readily adoptable by the organization and its personnel.
About Aspect Security, Inc.
Aspect Security, the application security specialists, delivers third-party security analysis, code review, and testing to verify the strengths and weaknesses of web applications, web services, and other software. Aspect also appraises an organization’s capability to develop, operate, and maintain applications securely. Aspect has verified hundreds of millions of lines of code for mission critical applications and has trained thousands of developers and managers to build and test secure applications. Aspect served as the authors of the OWASP Top Ten Web Application Vulnerabilities. Aspect’s core team has been providing application security services for over eight years, since before application security was a mainstream issue. Aspect is privately held and headquartered in Columbia, Maryland. To contact Aspect Security, call 301-604-4882, visit us on the Web at http://www.aspectsecurity.com, or write to info@aspectsecurity.com.