Klocwork Enhances Static Analysis Product to Deliver the Industry's Most Comprehensive Software Security Solution.

BURLINGTON, Mass. -- Klocwork Collaborates with Domain-expert Security Innovation to Deliver Enhanced Value to Customers

Klocwork Inc., the leading provider of automated solutions for understanding and perfecting software, today announced it has licensed security vulnerability expertise from Security Innovation, Inc., a leader in application security testing. As a result, the knowledge from that expertise will be incorporated into Klocwork's robust static analysis solution. This will enable customers to proactively find and remove security vulnerabilities before software enters the field, greatly reducing risks plaguing software today, such as hackers finding and exploiting security holes. In addition, Klocwork customers who require specialized consulting services to implement software security best practices can now work with Klocwork's product teams and Security Innovation's services teams to implement a complete solution.

Klocwork provides automated static analysis solutions that enable its customers to develop and deliver reliable, secure, and high-performance software. Security Innovation uses innovative methodology and proprietary technology to identify application security risks for top software vendors and government agencies. The combination of Klocwork's proven product suite and Security Innovation's trusted research and software security expertise will benefit customers looking to identify and remove security vulnerabilities from their software code while preventing new ones from being added.

"This partnership with Security Innovation is very important to Klocwork as we strive to provide our customers and prospects with the absolute best possible solution to eliminate security vulnerabilities in their source code," said Mike Laginski, CEO of Klocwork. "Software security risks are becoming more frequent, and more costly to organizations who ignore them both in actual costs to fix their software, and in the damage to their corporate credibility. Klocwork has taken this risk very seriously all along, and has made security an integral part of our solution. Now that we have access to Security Innovation's leading research and staff of experts, we can stay ahead of new and challenging security risks and allow our customers to focus on what is most important - delivering innovative software."

"As an independent software security consulting organization, our technical teams have assessed Klocwork's products and believe that their extensibility and scalability, combined with our security research, delivers a 'best-of-breed' solution to the market," said Ed Adams, CEO of Security Innovation. "We are proud to be collaborating with Klocwork to deliver a required solution for any software development organization that is serious about making their products secure."

"The security of commercial software will improve when the market demands better security. At a minimum, every software request for proposal should ask vendors to detail how they test their products for security vulnerabilities," said John Pescatore, a research director with Gartner, Inc. "This step will start convincing vendors of off-the-shelf software and outsourced developers that enterprises value security."

About Klocwork

Klocwork is the leading provider of automated solutions for understanding and perfecting software. Klocwork's static analysis products detect and prevent software defects and security vulnerabilities, and provide architectural visualization and modeling tools to provide dramatic improvements to company's source code. The firm's patented core technology was developed and used for five years within Nortel Networks and has been deployed at several Fortune 500 accounts, known for having the most demanding software development environments in the world. Klocwork is a privately held company with offices in Burlington, Mass., San Jose, Calif., Chicago and Ottawa.

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