Press Releases
Security Innovation Advises Microsoft
on Application Security Issues
Chief Scientist Dr. Herbert Thompson Discusses Ways to Improve
Best Practices
For Application Security with Bill Gates and other Microsoft Leaders
WILMINGTON, Mass.—July 22, 2005—In an effort to continually
improve the development, reliability and security of applications,
Bill Gates and other Microsoft leaders met with Chief Security
Strategist Dr. Herbert Thompson of Security Innovation to discuss
the security performance of Microsoft products and industry-wide
initiatives for application security benchmarking. Security
Innovation, the independent industry leader in application security
testing, research and training, has been working with Microsoft to
test the security of a series of Microsoft products using a
rigorous, role-based methodology. The results of these studies are
available at
http://www.securityinnovation.com/resources/whitpapers.shtml.
“Microsoft understands the importance of application security and
the pressing need for technology executives at all levels to be
aware of security on every platform,” said Ed Adams, CEO of Security
Innovation. “This briefing underscores the value that independent,
repeatable assessment methodologies, such as ours, brings to major
application vendors and the consumers of their products. Application
security is the definitive quality assurance issue, which is why top
software companies around the world are committing resources to new
research and comprehensive testing and training. ”
Security Innovation will continue to work with Microsoft on software
and reliability research projects. In addition, the Company will be
conducting extensive training programs for the Microsoft development
teams. These training programs will be centered around the
development techniques spelled out in the landmark book titled, How
to Break Software Security, co-authored by Dr. Thompson and Security
Innovation Co-Founder and Chief Scientist Dr. James Whittaker.
“Security is not an add-on feature. Offering fundamentally more
secure software has become a competitive advantage to software
vendors and corporations as customers demand and deserve secure,
reliable software,” said Dr. Herbert Thompson. “Microsoft clearly
shows a commitment to delivering secure software to their customers.
Developing training, testing and research around application
security moves them further along in their goal and is evidence of
this commitment. This level of dedication gives Microsoft the
opportunity to assume a leadership role in building security into
the overall software development and quality assurance process and
helps to greatly reduce customer computing risk.”
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation, Inc., is the leading independent provider of
application security services. Dozens of leading organizations,
including Aladdin, Harris Corporation, IBM, ING, Microsoft, SAIC,
SAP, Symantec, VeriSign and a number of government agencies, rely on
Security Innovation’s expertise in application security testing and
training to develop, evaluate and deploy more secure applications.
More than 60% of the company’s staff holds advanced degrees in
computer science with 30% at the PhD level. The company is
headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with technical labs in
Melbourne, Fla., Seattle, Wash., and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. For
more information about Security Innovation, visit
www.securityinnovation.com or call +1 (978) 694-1008.
Contacts:
Davida Dinerman/Tom Bain
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
