New offering to improve web application security

Compuware Corporation released an improved security analysis tool, DevPartner SecurityChecker 2.0, today.

This new version fully integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, allowing developers to quickly locate and fix security vulnerabilities early in the application lifecycle of their Microsoft ASP.Net web applications.

Other new features and enhancements in the DevPartner SecurityChecker 2.0 include:

• Reduction of false positive reporting;
• Improvements for creating and managing discovery maps;
• Improvements to existing SQL injection, cross-site scripring (XSS) and parameter tampering vulnerability detection; and
• Thirty new integrity rules.

"DevPartner SecurityChecker squarely addresses application security - one of the growing concerns of our customers, " says Catherine de Klerk, Software development expert at Compuware in SA. "By employing the new version, IT managers ensure that their teams take the appropriate measures to mitigate the business risk associated with web application vulnerabilities."