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At the RSA Conference in February, I went to a reception hosted by
a group
called "Secure Software Forum" (not to be confused with the company
Secure
Software Inc, which offers a product competitive to Fortify). They
had a
panel session where representatives from a couple of companies not
in the
software/technology business claimed that they're making contractual
requirements in this area (i.e., that vendors are required to
assert as part
of the contract what measures they use to assure their code). So I
guess
there's proof by construction that companies other than Microsoft &
Oracle
care.
Having said that, it's completely at odds compared to what I see
working for
an ISV of a non-security product. That is, I almost never have
prospects/customers ask me what we do to assure our software. If it
happened
more often, I'd be able to get more budget to do the analysis that
I think
all vendors should do :-(
--Jeremy
P.S. Since Brian provided a link to a press release about Oracle using
Fortify, I'll offer a link about a financial services company using
Secure
Software: http://www.securesoftware.com/news/releases/20050725.html
<http://www.securesoftware.com/news/releases/20050725.html>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:sc-l-
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT)
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 12:10 PM
To: Secure Mailing List
Subject: RE: [SC-L] RE: Comparing Scanning Tools
I think I should have been more specific in my first post. I should
have
phrased it as I have yet to find a large enterprise whose primary
business
isn't software or technology that has made a significant investment
in such
tools.
Likewise, a lot of large enteprrises are shifting away from
building inhouse
to either outsourcing and/or buying which means that secure coding
practices
should also be enforced via procurement agreements. Has anyone here
ran
across contract clauses that assist in this regard?
-----Original Message-----
From: Gunnar Peterson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2006 8:48 AM
To: Brian Chess; Secure Mailing List; McGovern, James F (HTSC, IT)
Subject: Re: [SC-L] RE: Comparing Scanning Tools
Right, because their customers (are starting to) demand more secure
code
from their technology. In the enterprise space the financial,
insurance,
healthcare companies who routinely lose their customer's data and
provide
their customers with vulnerability-laden apps have not yet seen the
same
amount of customer demand for this, but 84 million public lost
records later
( http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm)
<http://www.privacyrights.org/ar/ChronDataBreaches.htm)> this may
begin to
change.
-gp
On 6/9/06 1:45 AM, "Brian Chess" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
McGovern, James F wrote:
I have yet to find a large enterprise that has made a significant
investment in such tools.
I'll give you pointers to two. They're two of the three largest
software
companies in the world.
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5220488.html
<http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5220488.html>
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6002747.html
<http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6002747.html>
Brian
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