Company:Fortify Software
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| Type | Software Vendor |
|---|---|
| Industry | Computer software |
| Genre | Software Security Assurance |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Founder | Ted Schlein of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, Mike Armistead, Brian Chess, Arthur Do, Roger Thornton |
| Headquarters | San Mateo, California , United States |
Key people | John M. Jack (former CEO), Jacob West (head of Security Research Group), Brian Chess (former Chief Scientist), Arthur Do (former Chief Architect) |
| Owner | OpenText |
| Website | Micro Focus Security Micro Focus Fortify Software Security Center Server |
Fortify Software, later known as Fortify Inc., is a California -based software security vendor, founded in 2003 and acquired by Hewlett-Packard in 2010,[1][2][3] Micro Focus in 2017, and OpenText in 2023.
Fortify offerings included Static application security testing (SAST)[4] and Dynamic application security testing[5] products, as well as products and services that support Software Security Assurance. In 2011, Fortify introduced Fortify OnDemand, a static and dynamic application testing service.[6]
History
Fortify Software was founded by Kleiner Perkins in 2003. Fortify Inc. was acquired by HP in 2010.[7]
On September 7, 2016, HPE CEO Meg Whitman announced that the software assets of Hewlett Packard Enterprise, including Fortify, would be merged with Micro Focus to create an independent company of which HP Enterprise shareholders would retain majority ownership.[citation needed]
Micro Focus CEO Kevin Loosemore called the transaction "entirely consistent with our established acquisition strategy and our focus on efficient management of mature infrastructure products" and indicated that Micro Focus intended to "bring the core earnings margin for the mature assets in the deal - about 80 percent of the total - from 21 percent today to Micro Focus's existing 46 percent level within three years."[8] The merge concluded on September 1, 2017.[citation needed]
OpenText acquired Micro Focus (including Fortify Software products) in 2023.
Technical advisory board
Fortify's technical advisory board was composed of Avi Rubin, Bill Joy, David Wagner, Fred Schneider, Gary McGraw, Greg Morrisett, Li Gong, Marcus Ranum, Matt Bishop, William Pugh, and John Viega.
Security research
Fortify created a security research group that maintained the Java Open Review project[9] and the Vulncat taxonomy of security vulnerabilities in addition to the security rules for Fortify's analysis software.[10] Members of the group wrote the book Secure Coding with Static Analysis, and published research, including JavaScript Hijacking,[11] Attacking the build: Cross build Injection,[12] Watch what you write: Preventing Cross-site scripting by observing program output,[13] and Dynamic taint propagation: Finding vulnerabilities without attacking.[14]
See also
References
- ↑ "HP Completes Acquisition of Fortify Software, Accelerating Security Across the Application Life Cycle". September 22, 2010. https://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=696044.
- ↑ Roberts, Paul (April 5, 2004). "Software Searches for Security Flaws". PCWorld.com. https://www.pcworld.com/article/115532/article.html. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
- ↑ Wagner, Jim (April 5, 2004). "A New Approach to Fortify Your Software". Internetnews.com. http://www.internetnews.com/dev-news/article.php/3335651.
- ↑ "HP Fortify Static Code Analyzer". https://cwe.mitre.org/compatible/questionnaires/7.html.
- ↑ "HP Unveils Real-Time Application Security Testing Tool". July 14, 2011. https://www.darkreading.com/risk/hp-unveils-real-time-application-security-testing-tool/d/d-id/1136030.
- ↑ Reitano, Victoria (February 15, 2011). "HP builds up its Security-as-a-Service". SD Times. https://sdtimes.com/cloud/hp-builds-up-its-security-as-a-service/.
- ↑ "HP's Fortify Buyout Numbers Tell Lucrative Story For Software Security". Forbes. August 18, 2010. https://www.forbes.com/sites/andygreenberg/2010/08/18/hps-fortify-buyout-numbers-tell-lucrative-story-for-software-security/#45a88b07abb6.
- ↑ Sandle, Paul; Baker, Liana B. (September 7, 2016). "HP Enterprise strikes $8.8 billion deal with Micro Focus for software assets". Reuters. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hpenterprise-software-microfocus-idUSKCN11D2EU.
- ↑ "Quality and Security for Open source Community". http://opensource.fortifysoftware.com.
- ↑ "HP Fortify Taxonomy: Software Security Errors". http://www.hpenterprisesecurity.com/vulncat/en/vulncat/.
- ↑ Chess, Brian; O'Neil, Yekaterina Tsipenyuk; West, Jacob (March 12, 2007). "JavaScript Hijacking". https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/dl/articles/JavaScript_Hijacking.pdf.
- ↑ Chess, Brian; Lee, Fredrick DeQuan; West, Jacob (October 10, 2007). "Attacking the Build through Cross-Build Injection". https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2007/10/10/attacking-the-build-through-cross-build-injection/.
- ↑ Madou, Matias; Lee, Edward; West, Jacob; Chess, Brian (2008). "Watch What You Write: Preventing Cross-Site Scripting by Observing Program Output". https://www.owasp.org/images/9/9d/OWASP-AppSecEU08-Madou.pdf.
- ↑ Chess, Brian; West, Jacob (January 2008). "Dynamic taint propagation: Finding vulnerabilities without attacking". Information Security Tech 13 (1): 33–39. doi:10.1016/j.istr.2008.02.003. https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1371501. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
External links
- Gartner 2018 Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing
- Joy, Bill (September 26, 2006). "Software Isn't Complete Unless It's Secure". BusinessWeek. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2006-09-25/software-isnt-complete-unless-its-secure.
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