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Fortify: open source software is a security risk for businesses

Fortify: open source software is a security risk for businesses

Posted Sep 4, 2008 8:29 UTC (Thu) by maberdour (guest, #53737)
Parent article: Fortify: open source software is a security risk for businesses

Richard Kirk, European Director of Fortify has penned a response to many of the rebuttals made on web to their report.

"The response to the report set off some familiar refrains, which miss the point and don’t get us any closer towards the goal of a secure enterprise..."

Read the full response at http://www.contractoruk.com/003949.html

Apparently Fortify is already in discussions with open source providers with whom it is working to improve processes and Richard has invited any open source groups to get in touch. But he mentions no names or whether there are any costs involved...


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