PALO ALTO, Calif. -- FortifyR Software Inc., the market-leading provider of enterprise application security solutions, today introduced Fortify SCA 5.0, the fifth generation of its award-winning source code analysis software. Fortify SCA is the industry's most powerful static analysis solution, designed to enable enterprises to eliminate security vulnerabilities in the applications they develop. Fortify's latest version, Fortify SCA 5.0, incorporates new capabilities that set a new industry standard for application security including several industry firsts:
- Wizard-driven creation of customized security rules by those who aren't software developers
- Enablement of global collaboration between software development teams
- Protection against new classes of vulnerabilities specific to application security
- Support for programming languages, including PHP, JavaScript (Ajax),
Classic ASP/VB Script (VB 6) and a limited release of COBOL
"The breadth and depth of our customer base gives us unique insight into the largest application security deployments in the world, as well as detailed knowledge of how organizations are using this technology," said John M. Jack, Fortify's CEO. "These businesses are faced with constant security threats and customers who evaluate their products and services based on the level of security they assure. As a result, they have spent a lot of time evaluating their secure development practices and have very specific requirements for any solution they may deploy. With the release of Fortify SCA 5.0, we have implemented feedback from these market leaders to deliver the first solution meeting these requirements and the most effective application security solution in the industry."