Posted on Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 at 1:16 pm
Code Testing Tools Could Be Acquisition Targets in 08
eWeek
Interest in building security into the development process could make code testing products into inviting buyout targets.If application security has to be baked into the development process, source code analysis tools are the technological equivalent of oven mitts—making their providers natural targets for acquisition, some analysts predicted.
“Theres a lot of interest in this space because of [the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard],” said Nick Selby, an analyst with The 451 Group. “Were seeing an exponential increase in the number of software-as-a-service providers who are doing vulnerability assessments either for Web applications or for traditional network applications or network vulnerability assessment.
