Application Development Expert Dave Litwack Joins Veracode Board of Directors.Founder of Powersoft, SilverStream to help grow Veracode SecurityReview[TM] services BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Veracode Inc., provider of the industry's first on-demand application security review solutions, today announced that software industry veteran Dave Litwack has been elected to the Veracode Board of Directors. Litwack, the former CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and co-founder of SilverStream, was unanimously approved as the first outside board member to join Veracode. He joins existing board members Maria Cirino, chairperson; Matthew Moynahan, president and CEO of Veracode; Simeon Simeonov Simeon Simeonov (Bulgarian: Симеон Симеонов) (born April 26, 1946 – died November 2, 2000) is a former Bulgarian football (soccer) player in goalkeeper , of Polaris Venture Partners; and Jeff Fagnan of Atlas Venture Atlas Venture is an international early-stage venture capital firm that invests in communications, information technology, and life sciences companies. Atlas Venture has investing offices in Boston, London, Munich, and Paris, and its investments are evenly divided between the . Their biographies can be found at: http://www.veracode.com. "Our customers - whether they are purchasing software or developing it in house - are using Veracode SecurityReview[TM] services to easily and cost-effectively improve the security of their applications," said Matthew Moynahan, president and chief executive officer of Veracode. "With the addition of Dave to our Board of Directors, we will have access to his valuable application development expertise, which will ensure that Veracode's code analysis services surpass the expectations of developers using our services within both the enterprise and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. communities." "Application security is a critical challenge for every business and software supplier," said Dave Litwack. "Veracode is doing what no company has done before with software security analysis - scanning binary code binary code Code used in digital computers, based on a binary number system in which there are only two possible states, off and on, usually symbolized by 0 and 1. Whereas in a decimal system, which employs 10 digits, each digit position represents a power of 10 (100, 1,000, and offering an on-demand, outsourced application security solution. Veracode is poised to transform the way organizations identify and remediate security flaws in software and prevent costly exposures that can damage their business." Litwack brings more than 20 years of experience to the Veracode Board of Directors. As executive vice president at Cullinet Software, a mainframe database management company, he oversaw the strategy and direction of product development. He then founded Powersoft, a leading client/server development tool vendor. When Powersoft was acquired by Sybase Inc., Litwack was again responsible for product development as executive vice president. After helping to drive the first two major phases of computing - mainframes and client/server - Litwack co-founded SilverStream Software, one of the first companies to market a Java-based application server. SilverStream was acquired by Novell Inc, where he served as senior vice president until 2005. Litwack earned a Bachelor's degree from Brandeis University Brandeis University, at Waltham, Mass.; coeducational; chartered and opened 1948. Although Brandeis was founded by members of the American Jewish community, the university operates as an independent, nonsectarian institution. and a Master's degree master's degree n. An academic degree conferred by a college or university upon those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the bachelor's degree. Noun 1. in Computer Science from Boston University Boston University, at Boston, Mass.; coeducational; founded 1839, chartered 1869, first baccalaureate granted 1871. It is composed of 16 schools and colleges. . He has served as director for numerous companies, including Watermark watermark: see paper. See digital watermark. , Atria Atria The heart has four chambers. The right and left atria are at the top of the heart and receive returning blood from the veins. The right and left ventricles are at the bottom of the heart and act as the body's main pumps. , Trellix, eRoom, and Excelon, in addition to Powersoft and SilverStream. He currently serves as director for 170 Systems, mValent, and EnterpriseDB. About Veracode Veracode is the industry's first provider of automated, on-demand application security solutions. Created by a world-class team of application security experts from @stake, Guardent, ISS ISS See Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). , VeriSign and Symantec, the company delivers services to identify software flaws introduced through coding errors or malicious intent. Veracode's core service, SecurityReview[TM], uses patented binary code analysis that is uniquely able to inspect entire application inventories, including components, and does not require companies to expose their valuable source code. Enterprises can now protect their intellectual property while preventing attacks allowed by vulnerabilities in applications. As the most accurate and comprehensive solution, Veracode makes it simple and cost-effective to implement application security best practices and reduce operational costs related to manual reviews. Whether a company is developing applications internally, purchasing software or integrating code from partners, Veracode SecurityReview provides insight to the security level of your applications. Outsourcing code analysis to Veracode is the easiest way to secure your software. With a pragmatic approach to application security, Veracode helps you fix what matters most to your business. Based in Burlington, Mass., Veracode is backed by .406 Ventures, Atlas Venture and Polaris Venture Partners. www.veracode.com *10 Hot Security Startups, Dark Reading, a CMP CMP (cytidine monophosphate): see cytosine. (1) (CMP Media LLC, Manhasset, NY, www.cmp.com) Part of United Business Media, CMP is a leading integrated media company that offers a wide variety of publications and services in the information publication, April 12. 2007. |
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