I am pleased to share the exciting news that TA Associates (“TA”), a leading global growth equity firm, has signed an agreement to make a strategic growth investment in Veracode, taking a majority equity position in the business. Thoma Bravo will also continue to be an investor alongside TA. This new partnership is forming at a critical moment in the evolution of the software security market.

Today’s web applications are complex, often made up of a mix of existing software, open-source and third-party code, and custom JavaScript and HTML all integrated via application program interfaces (APIs). While web applications are hosted and maintained on an organization’s server, they actually run on an end user’s browser.

Static Application Security Testing (SAST) is an effective and well-established application security testing technology. It allows developers to create high-quality and secure software that is resistant to the kinds of attacks that have grown more prevalent in recent years. However, the challenge with SAST is that it tends to produce a high number of false positives that waste the time of your engineering team. In this blog we take a look at SAST and the problem of false positives.

We are proud to announce that we have recently achieved AWS Security Competency Partner status. This status exemplifies our technical expertise and dedication to helping customers secure their software at every stage of cloud adoption.

What can’t you buy on the internet? Last-minute birthday gifts. Check. A new refrigerator. Check. An engagement ring. Check. Groceries. Check. Travel to foreign lands. Check. Internet-driven consumerism is a critical component of our economy. But it has its dark side filled with demons.

This week we’ve added new Kotlin & Swift Courses to the Security Labs catalog! The update includes 4-5 Kotlin (Android) labs and 4 Swift (iOS) labs that cover common mobile security topics such as secret storage, authorization, and custom URL handling.

The statistics support Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s claim that “every company is a software company.” The average enterprise was already deploying 464 custom applications back in 2017, and that number has likely been growing for the past five years with apps designed to meet unique business needs and support daily tasks and processes as they increasingly move online.

The statistics support Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella’s claim that “every company is a software company.” The average enterprise was already deploying 464 custom applications back in 2017, and that number has likely been growing for the past five years with apps designed to meet unique business needs and support daily tasks and processes as they increasingly move online.