Code analysis goes further with Fortify SCA 5.0

Fortify Software has introduced Fortify SCA 5.0, the fifth generation of its award-winning source code analysis software. Fortify SCA is the industry’s most powerful static analysis solution, designed to enable enterprises to eliminate security vulnerabilities in the applications they develop.

Fortify’s latest version incorporates new capabilities that set a new industry standard for application security including several industry firsts:

• Wizard-driven creation of customised security rules by those who aren’t software developers
• Enablement of global collaboration between software development teams
• Protection against new classes of vulnerabilities specific to application security
• Support for programming languages, including PHP, JavaScript (Ajax), Classic ASP/VB Script (VB 6) and a limited release of COBOL