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Veracode announces a solution to Secure Mobile Applications and “Verified by Veracode” Programme for Mobile ISVs
June 2009 by Marc Jacob
Veracode Inc., provider of Application Risk Management Platform, announced expansion of its SecurityReview® cloud-based subscription service to support mobile applications. With more than 100,000 mobile applications already in the market and millions of mobile users accessing critical business data, the security risk posed by these applications is staggering. Veracode announced immediate availability for Windows Mobile with near term support for other platforms such as RIM BlackBerry, Google Android and Apple iPhone. Veracode’s SecurityReview is the first solution to enable enterprises and software vendors to assess the security risk of mobile applications before they are shipped or deployed to combat the growing number of data breaches and compliance failures.
Enterprises are increasingly transacting critical data with customers and remote workers through mobile applications, yet the security of these applications goes largely untested. Source code for mobile applications is rarely available, as most software is written by third parties, and is insufficient in finding vulnerabilities such as backdoors, malicious code or flaws introduced by third party libraries and components. Veracode provides the only solution to assess binary code – the way attackers see it – enabling organizations to apply a common, holistic approach to secure both their mobile and server applications regardless of whether they are internally developed, purchased from a commercial vendor, outsourced or open source.
The Verified by Veracode Software Ratings Programme is a quality indicator for the security level of applications and software components. By expanding this Programme to cover mobile software, providers of mobile applications can now protect their brand and platform with a consistent and automated security verification Programme for mobile applications developed internally or by third parties. Organizations who have achieved "Verified by Veracode" status have made reasonable efforts to demonstrate that they have taken due care to ensure the security of their applications and their software has been assessed against industry standards for software assurance.
