Fortify Software

Fortify Software is a San Mateo, California-based software vendor. The company was founded in 2003 and provides products that identify and remove security vulnerabilities from software applications. , PCWorld.com, April 5, 2004 , Internetnews.com, April 5, 2004 Its initial funding was provided by Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers. In September, 2010, the company announced it was acquired by Hewlett-Packard Company as part of its HP Software Division. It now operates as an HP company.

Technical Advisory Board

Fortify's technical advisory board includes Avi Rubin, Bill Joy, David A. Wagner, Fred Schneider, Gary McGraw, Greg Morrisett, Li Gong, Marcus Ranum, Matt Bishop, William Pugh and John Viega.

Security Research

Fortify continues to run a security research group which maintains the Java Open Review project and the Vulncat taxonomy of security vulnerabilities. Members of the group are also responsible for the book Secure Coding with Static Analysis and for published research, including JavaScript Hijacking, Attacking the build: Cross build Injection, Watch what you write: Preventing Cross-site scripting by observing program output and Dynamic taint propagation: Finding vulnerabilities without attacking.

Products

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