Any company that passes data across the internet needs AppScan!
80% of organizations will experience an application security incident by 2012
The Problem
Vulnerable web applications are providing easy paths for hackers to access or steal sensitive corporate information.
The Solution
AppScan reduces the risk by providing visibility into issues that impact security best practices and regulatory compliance and lowers costs associated with manual testing through intelligent automated scanning.
Web Application Security Overview:
In today’s economy, companies are constantly searching for ways to maximize profitability. Yet, security technologies that protect clients have become more complex, and therefore costs for security management resources are escalating.
And the threat is real. According to IBM Security Systems X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report, there were 3,240 new security vulnerabilities during the first half of 2009 alone, 50.4% of which were specifically targeted to web applications. Customer notifications for a breach are estimated at $138 per record. A U.S. client with only 5,000 customers would spend close to $700,000 just to notify them. FTC fines for a security breach have been as high as $15million in past cases. Security optimization from IBM can help customers reduce the cost and complexity of security while improving organizational and operational productivity.
Are you an AppScan candidate?
Businesses with regulatory issues, looking to enable business functions via the internet, faced with an overwhelming volume or concern of security vulnerabilities and threats and use the Web internally or externally to collect vital information needs AppScan.
1) Protect key web-based business applications and data. Ensure web applications are secure and compliant. Provide 24×7x365 centralized monitoring and management of security programs across multi-vendor environments.
2) Prevent a security breach. Perform static and dynamic analysis testing and detection of website embedded Malware. Reduce costs and increase protection by integrating security processes from development to deployment.
3) Meet compliance standards and audit requirements easily. Take control with actionable information for quick identification of noncompliance and metrics for immediate action and effortless audits. Access to over 40 standard security compliance reports including PCI, ISO 17799, ISO 27001, HIPPAA, GLBA and BASEL II.
4) Avoid manual testing of security and regulatory compliance across all applications and quickly take action on changing policies. Labor intensive discovery and recovery is automated, thus decreasing project costs.
Cost of doing nothing:
1) Fines for lack of regulatory compliance
2) Risk to reputation. Website security issues account for 55% of all security issues. Data breaches and failed compliance audits significantly damage your brand.
3) Runaway Application Development Costs. 80% of development costs are spent identifying and fixing defects. Studies have shown that defects found in production cost $16,000 to fix while only $25 if found in development. Also, consulting costs for manual security tests is prohibitive and easily avoided. Breach notifications are the most significant expense you’ll ever incur.
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