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Web Applications - The "Weak Link" In Information Security

Are you exposed? Don't be the next headline. Join us September 18th at 12pm Mountain for a free one-hour webinar on the new IBM™ Rational™ AppScan Developer Edition.

Few can argue that web applications present a significant threat of attacks for organizations. They also present a challenge for executives, IT security professionals, developers and QA. To stay ahead of hackers and protect sensitive data, precautions need to be taken up front. This webinar is designed to teach you how to proactively protect your company against web application vulnerabilities through a combination of manual and automated approaches.

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Catch Problems Early With AppScan Developer Edition

What is Developer Edition?

A solution that empowers developers to invoke Web application security testing within their development environment.
A tool that enables the development organization to counteract the volumes of security issues that can be introduced in code.
A product that supports developer and build environment use cases for efficient and non-disruptive adoption of security testing with IDE & build server integrations.

What Will Developer Edition Do For My Organization?

Provide security and compliance checks using static code analysis for security vulnerabilities.
Enable developers (who are not security experts) to address security defects early in the development process, when the cost of fixing issues is least expensive.

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On average, there are anywhere between 5-10 defects per 1,000 lines of code.

Gartner group estimates that a company with 1,000 servers can spend $300,000 to test and deploy a patch; most companies deploy several patches a week.