Topic: bsimm

Report: BSIMM10 shows new wave of engineering-led software security in DevOps

The security aspect of DevOps is evolving as new data found a new wave of engineering-led software security efforts originating bottom-up in the development and operations teams rather than top-down from a centralized software security group (SSG).  Software security initiatives (SSIs) have identified a number of individuals (often developers, testers, and architects) who are invested … continue reading

New security data from Synopsys, cloud trends from DigitalOcean and a new APM tool from ZeroTurnaround — SD Times News Digest: September 21, 2017

Synopsys releases BSIMM8 Electronic design automation company Synopsys has released the latest version of their software security maturity model, BSIMM8, which includes data collected from 109 firms and describes the work of nearly 5,000 software security professionals. Findings of the survey show a clear trend of improvement, with companies seeing an average score increase between … continue reading

Cigital’s BSIMM7 finds new industries taking on security challenges

Enterprises are realizing they need to adjust their security initiatives, and as result, software security is finally becoming mainstream. But with the rise of new trends like the Internet of Things and containerization, it’s up to security teams to teach developers how to secure their code. Cigital addresses these trends in BSIMM7, the latest version … continue reading

From the Editors: Where’s the incentive to defeat hackers?

After reporting out this month’s feature on software security, it strikes us that there appear to be parallels between companies selling security solutions and those selling pharmaceuticals. Those who take to conspiracy theories have argued for years that the pharmaceutical companies have no incentive to eliminate, say, cancer, because they would lose the massive profits … continue reading

BSIMM crafts model for building in software security

The BSIMM project gathers security procedures from 30 companies, and has crafted a list of 15 general security points … continue reading

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