[HIB]HP to Acquire Fortify Software

As declared by Hewlett-Packard on Tuesday, it will acquire Fortify Software that is compliance software and manufactures tools to detect software vulnerabilities. The stated Company is a private firm in San Mateo, California. The price of the acquisition has not been disclosed yet. Fortify Software makes such equipments that check the threats to the software lies within the security code, which is usually abused by hackers to steal information stored on the devices. The blend of dynamic application security analysis offered by HP and Fortify's proficiency in static application security analysis will prove beneficial to HP. As per Fortify's website, the Static application security testing can examine the vulnerabilities even during the development of the software or during its quality assurance process.

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