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Testing security of apps could put pressure on vendors
SearchSecurity.com | 05 Jun 2007 ARTICLE - Gartner IT Security Summit: Companies should shoulder some of the responsibility for testing applications to put pressure on vendors to create more secure software, say panelists.
Podcast: Security360 -- Industry Consolidation
SearchSecurity.com | 29 May 2007 ARTICLE - Companies that thrive in the face of industry consolidation have an effective security strategy and a buying approach based on topics rather than vendor relationships.
Microsoft users sticking with third-party security vendors
SearchSecurity.com | 02 May 2007 ARTICLE - IT pros are pleased with Microsoft's security advances, including those found in Forefront. But don't expect them to drop their third-party security vendors.
Will Web application security vendor mergers present better opportunities for buyers?
18 Oct 2007 EXPERT ANSWER - To meet the growing sophistication of Internet threats, security solution providers are feeling pressured to expand their application infrastructures. Michael Cobb explains how an overcrowded Web application security sector ...
snake oil
31 Jul 2001 WORD - In security, snake oil is a name for the exaggerated claims made by vendors. Cryptography
experts have compared the exaggerated claims made by some vendors to the claims made by medicine show pitchmen in mid-19th century ...
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