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May 31, 2023   |  By Synopsys Editorial Team
As cloud adoption continues to grow, periodic cloud security risk assessments should be high on your organization’s priority list.
May 26, 2023   |  By Phil Odence
Organizations should emphasize processes that connect the dots between software development practices, business risk and due diligence activities. Typically, it’s businesspeople and lawyers who coordinate due diligence in an M&A transaction. A few might be former developers; often, many have gained some understanding of how software is built through osmosis and have at least an intuitive sense of technical risk.
May 23, 2023   |  By Jason Schmitt
In the 2023 Gartner® Magic QuadrantTM for Application Security Testing, Synopsys placed highest and furthest right for the fifth consecutive year for our Ability to Execute and our Completeness of Vision.
May 17, 2023   |  By Mike McGuire
Having malicious code detection strategies in place is critical to keeping your software supply chain secure. Let’s imagine you discover a string of suspicious code within one of your applications. Perhaps a routine scan by your application testing team finds a point of interest that indicates malicious code, such as a time bomb or back door, has been inserted by a malicious insider within your software supply chain.
May 17, 2023   |  By Mike McGuire
What is malicious code? What makes it dangerous? Learn how can you detect it and keep it out of your software supply chain. Everyone wants to believe that the code developed within a trusted software supply chain is legitimate. The unfortunate reality is that malicious coders have subtle ways to secretly embed code that exposes your business to risk. Malicious code can be challenging to recognize and can remain undetected within applications long before it causes damage.
May 12, 2023   |  By Umer Palla
Holistic software due diligence is a critical practice that helps private equity firms maximize their returns.
May 11, 2023   |  By Synopsys Editorial Team
Agreement between Synopsys and ReversingLabs delivers comprehensive software supply chain risk management solution.
May 10, 2023   |  By Fred Bals
According to the 2023 “Open Source Security and Risk Analysis” (OSSRA) report, 96% of commercial code contains open source. In fact, 76% of the code scanned by Black Duck® Audit Services was open source. In other words, no matter what applications your organization builds, uses, or sells, you can be virtually certain that the application contains open source.
May 8, 2023   |  By Matthew Hogg
CVE-2023-25828 vulnerability; history, mitigation analysis, and everything you need to know about the remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Pluck CMS.
May 2, 2023   |  By Jamie Harris
Synopsys Cybersecurity Research Center discovers new RCE vulnerability and cross-site scripting vulnerability in OpenTSDB.
May 5, 2023   |  By Synopsys
The Polaris Software Integrity Platform® makes it easy for organizations to onboard developers so they can start scanning their code in minutes.
May 3, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Tracking the right metrics is essential in DevSecOps as it helps measure the effectiveness of your security program. Clint Gibler, head of security research at Semgrep, discusses how teams can raise their security bar with useful measurement metrics, as well as how to identify high ROI security investments for their DevSecOps program.
May 1, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Bruce Schneier, security technologist, discusses the implications of AI and how AI will impact the workforce.
May 1, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Learn how to build trust and synergy between security and development teams.
Apr 28, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Learn how to enable developers to build secure software.
Apr 27, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Whether your organization needs testing for a single application or thousands, the Polaris Software Integrity Platform® delivers a unified SaaS platform to meet your needs.
Apr 27, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Learn why it’s critical for organizations to focus on software supply chain risks. Hear from Anita D’Amico, vice president of cross-portfolio solutions and strategy at Synopsys, on her predictions for the software supply chain.
Apr 27, 2023   |  By Synopsys
The Polaris Software Integrity Platform® offers developer-focused features that enable frictionless application security for developers.
Apr 25, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Learn how risk analysis, the final step in the threat modeling, helps guide an organization’s response to threats.
Apr 13, 2023   |  By Synopsys
Learn how a system model helps guide the discussion and present results in threat modeling.
Oct 14, 2020   |  By Synopsys
Open source components are the foundation of every software application in every industry. But, its many benefits can often lead its consumers to overlook how open source affects the security of their application.
Oct 14, 2020   |  By Synopsys
You've realized you need to do a better job of tracking and managing your open source as well as the vulnerabilities and licenses associated with it. How hard can vulnerability management be? Do you really need special tools? After all, the license and vulnerability information is publicly available. Once you get a list of open source components and do some Google searching, you should be all set, right?
Oct 1, 2020   |  By Synopsys
Just like most software assets contain open source, modern software applications commonly link to external web services via APIs. But developers using web services might not have a suitable agreement to do so, and they may be inadvertently signing their companies up to terms of service. This white paper covers the types of risk associated with web services and how they can affect an M&A transaction.
Oct 1, 2020   |  By Synopsys
More than 11.5 billion records with sensitive information were breached between January 2005 and January 2019 (PrivacyRights.org). If your business stores, processes, or transmits cardholder data, it's imperative that you implement standard security procedures and technologies to prevent the theft of this sensitive information. Start by ensuring you're in compliance with the technical and operational requirements set by the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).
Sep 1, 2020   |  By Synopsys
Are your developers getting discouraged by too many false positives from security tools that slow them down? You need a solution that boosts their productivity, finds real vulnerabilities, and provides expert remediation guidance. Coverity will help you achieve this and more. Learn how you can assess the ROI of implementing Coverity into your SDLC, quickly build secure applications, and accelerate your software velocity.
Sep 1, 2020   |  By Synopsys
Threat modeling promotes the idea of thinking like an attacker. It enables organization to build software with security considerations, rather than addresssing security as an afterthought. However, there are some very common misconceptions tha can cause firms to lose their grip around the threat modeling process. This eBook shines a light onto the essentials and helps to get your bearings straight with all things related to threat modeling.

Synopsys solutions help you manage security and quality risks comprehensively, across your organization and throughout the application life cycle.

Synopsys helps development teams build secure, high-quality software, minimizing risks while maximizing speed and productivity. Synopsys, a recognized leader in static analysis, software composition analysis, and application security testing, is uniquely positioned to apply best practices across proprietary code, open source, and the runtime environment. With a combination of industry-leading tools, services, and expertise, only Synopsys helps organizations maximize security and quality in DevSecOps and throughout the software development life cycle.

Build secure, high-quality software faster:

  • Integrate security into your DevOps environment: Integrate and automate application security testing with the development and deployment tools you use today.
  • Build a holistic AppSec program across your organization: Ensure your people, processes, and technology are aligned to defend against cyber attacks on the software you build and operate.
  • Get on-demand security testing for any application: Extend the reach of your application security team with cost-effective security testing by our team of experts.
  • Find and fix quality and compliance issues early in development: Maximize software reliability, minimize downstream maintenance headaches, and ensure compliance with industry standards.
  • Identify open source, code quality, and security risks during M&A: Avoid surprises that can materially impact the value of software assets your company acquires.
  • Assess your AppSec threats, risks, and dependencies: Go beyond security testing to understand likely cyber attack vectors and targets, as well as design flaws that can lead to security breaches.

Any software. Any development model. Any stage. Synopsys has you covered.