Tag Archives: Security

Coding Horrors

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Simeon Simeonov

From Zack on the Plinky team: Top 25 Most Dangerous Programming Mistakes. Many of these are issues that application security offerings, such as Veracode‘s, can automatically look for.

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Bringing Security to the Masses

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Simeon Simeonov

Xconomy did a good write up on Veracode. Matt’s point below is spot on: the only way to address the application security problem is (a) through technology as opposed to people and (b) through easy-to-adopt SaaS solutions as opposed to … Continue reading →

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Steve Jobs: Apple iPhone Opens Up

Posted on October 18, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Here is another great example of a company trying to walk the fine line between an open and a closed value chain ecosystem. From a Steve Jobs letter: Let me just say it: We want native third party applications on … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Security Companies

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

A friend once told me that when the media puts you on a pedestal it is because they want to swing at you with a baseball bat. So it is slightly bittersweet to see Veracode on NetworkWorld‘s list of top 10 IT security … Continue reading →

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You Are Safe Until You Are Not

Posted on April 26, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

ZDNet reports on John Pescatore’s talk at the Gartner Symposiumin SF this week. John is probably the best security analyst at Gartner and an influencer of many a CIO. It’s a good article and there are links to the hype … Continue reading →

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To Find the Danger, This Software Poses as the Bad Guys

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Michael Fitzgerald published a nice article on Veracode in NYT today. He gets to the heart of the matter about why the Veracode approach matters. Veracode isn’t the first company to try to automate elements of hacking. Companies like Fortify, … Continue reading →

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Analysis: Automated Code Scanners

Posted on April 17, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

One of the best articles I’ve seen on application security analysis. Of course, some of the problem with current approaches are remedied when one takes a binary, SaaS approach and issues are scrubbed for false positives by trained security experts–in … Continue reading →

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SaaS Brings Increased Responsibilities

Posted on February 8, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Software-as-a-service vendors carry the responsibility of taking care of their customers’ data. They must protect it from corruption, loss, and theft. From architecture to operations, it takes careful planning to build a good, scalable SaaS offering. Yesterday, at an RSA … Continue reading →

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Best RSA Quote

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

Saw Chris Darby (Managing Director of In-Q-Tel and ex-CEO of Sarvega and @stake) this morning. We talked about the mess of companies on the exhibit floor. Chris’s comment was: “Many are solving yesterday’s problems with today’s money.” Yup.

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RSA Keynotes

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Simeon Simeonov

It may be the lack of sleep but I’m unimpressed by the keynotes so far this year. Bill Gates + Craig Mundie, MS We’ve made mistakes in the past but now we get it. Acronym overload: SDLC is also Secure … Continue reading →

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