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March 15, 2008 - Ounce Labs, the industry leader in software risk analysis, today announced that the company’s flagship source code analysis solution, Ounce 5, has received the prestigious 2008 Dr. Dobb’s Jolt Productivity Award in the Security Tools categoryThese annual awards showcase products that have “jolted” the industry with their significance and have made the task of creating software faster, easier and more efficient.
“It’s an honor to be the industry’s only security source code analysis solution to win the Jolt Productivity Award this year," said Claudia Dent, senior vice president of marketing for Ounce Labs. “This award is a clear recognition of Ounce’s ability to make security a more natural part of the daily life of the developer. The combination of automated analysis and deep remediation guidance is putting security on the agenda throughout the software development lifecycle.”
The Jolt Product Awards identify the most ground-breaking, trend-setting, top-of-the-line products that developers should be using. Winners are selected by a panel of renowned judges that includes esteemed editors, columnists and industry experts, who provide insight into the latest and most promising trends. They define who is ahead of the curve, honoring products that are universally useful; that are simple, yet rich in functionality; that redefine or “jolt” their product space or solve a nagging problem that has consistently eluded other products and resources.
“This year was an exceptionally exciting year for our judges, because there were so many strong contenders in every category,” said Amber Ankerholz, conference manager for Dr. Dobb’s Events. “The winners reflect the great innovations thriving in the industry today, and it was especially satisfying to see industry leaders as well as newcomers changing how developers work by giving them great new products that reflect the changing software development landscape.”
Ounce Labs’ flagship product, Ounce 5, released in June 2007, is the only source code analysis solution designed from the ground up to provide executives, security analysts, developers, auditors and managers with the answers they need to manage the risk created by vulnerable software. Ounce Labs’ patented software risk analysis solution helps developers, IT managers, security auditors and compliance managers to:
• Quickly identify the most serious security risks: Ounce’s patented analysis capabilities identify the most critical coding errors and design flaws.
• Maximize the effectiveness of all security stakeholders: The fastest time-to-results streamlines security efforts throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Manage risk across an enterprise portfolio: Centralized dashboards and policy management capabilities allow at-a-glance information about your software risk, enterprise-wide.
Ounce 5 is also the first solution to support both the Privacy (Requirement 3) and Security (Requirement 6) sections of the PCI (Payment Card Industry) standard and deliver the industry’s most comprehensive support for best practices standards, including detailed reports identifying application vulnerabilities defined by the OWASP Top 10 2007 and the CWE specification published by Mitre Corp.
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