Recap: Virtual Boston Globe Summit

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Veracode CEO Sam King had the opportunity to speak at this year’s inaugural virtual Boston Globe Summit, “The Great Recovery.” Sam was invited to join the panel, How Boston is Tackling the Biggest Cyber Threats Facing Society, moderated by Gregory T. Huang, Business Editor at the Boston Globe, with guests Greg Dracon of .406 Ventures and Christopher ... Read More

Veracode Ranked as a Strong Performer in Forrester Wave™ Software Composition Analysis Report

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Veracode has been recognized in a report Forrester Research recently released, The Forrester Wave™: Software Composition Analysis, Q3 2021. The report helps security professionals select a software composition analysis (SCA) vendor that best fits their needs. The report, which evaluates 10 SCA vendors against 37 criteria, ranks Veracode as a strong performer.  The Forrester Wave™ states, “Veracode ... Read More

SANS Survey Finds Only 29% of Orgs Have Automated Most of Their Security Testing

IT workloads are increasingly moving to the cloud, changing the way organizations develop and deliver software. Deploying and running production systems is now separate from the hardware and network, infrastructure is defined through code, and operations are now part of cloud service APIs. What does this mean for security? Security ... Read More

What Will Cybersecurity Look Like Over the Next Five Years?

As a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, organizations in all industries ramped up their digital transformation efforts to make online operations easier for their employees and customers. But with more and more organizations online, the digital attack surface is growing at a record pace. The more applications with vulnerable code, ... Read More

Key Takeaways From State of Software Security v11: Open Source Edition

We recently published a special open source edition of our annual State of Software Security (SOSS) report. The State of Software Security v11: Open Source Edition analyzed the data collected from 13 million scans of more than 86,000 repositories, containing more than 301,000 unique libraries. We also added some color ... Read More

How to Interpret the Various Sections of the Cybersecurity Executive Order

The Biden administration released a new executive order for cybersecurity on May 12, 2021. Although many know the overarching message of the executive order, it’s also important to know the specific details outlined in each section. As our CEO Sam King remarked, “It gets really specific about the types of ... Read More
Live From RSAC: Disinformation: As Dangerous as Cyber and Physical Threats

Live From RSAC: Disinformation: As Dangerous as Cyber and Physical Threats

In today???s digital world, we practically live on our phones or computers. Chances are, you don???t go more than 15 minutes without checking your email or social media. And you probably get most of your news from the Internet. But how do you know what information is real? Two different ... Read More
Live From RSAC: AppSec’s Future and the Rise of the Chief Product Security Officer

Live From RSAC: AppSec’s Future and the Rise of the Chief Product Security Officer

Chris Wysopal, Co-Founder and CTO at Veracode, and Joshua Corman, Chief Strategist of Healthcare and COVID at CISA, presented at the 2021 RSA Conference on AppSec???s future and the need for a new Chief Product Security Officer (CPSO) role. Wysopal started by quoting entrepreneur Marc Andreessen saying, ???Software is eating ... Read More
Live From RSAC: Is Digital Transformation Making AppSec Headless?

Live From RSAC: Is Digital Transformation Making AppSec Headless?

Chris Wysopal, Veracode Co-Founder and CTO, recently sat down with Tom Field, ISMG Senior Vice President of Editorial, for an executive interview at the RSA Conference 2021 to discuss if digital transformations are making application security (AppSec) ???headless.??? Headless AppSec is an interesting concept. AppSec was traditionally part of the ... Read More
2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report Proves That Cybercrime Continued to Thrive During the Pandemic

2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report Proves That Cybercrime Continued to Thrive During the Pandemic

Verizon recently published its 2021 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR). This year, Verizon analyzed 79,635 incidents, of which 29,207 met their quality standards and 5,258 were confirmed data breaches, from 88 countries around the world. Despite the global pandemic, the DBIR uncovered that cybercrime continued to thrive. Like previous years, ... Read More