How safe and secure are your desktop computer and applications? Two new security scanning products can help you decide. Fortify Inc.'s Fortify Application Risk Analyzer provides a list of possible security risks in your applications, and PivX Inc.'s PreView tests your computer's security configurations, installed security software, installed security patches and firewall effectiveness.
Both services are offered free at the following links.
The Fortify Application Risk Analyzer:
www.fortifysoftware.com/downloads/ara/
PreView:
Proactive Security
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- Proactive Security
- Security on the Offensive
- Baked-In Security
- Intrusion-Prevention Systems: Erecting barriers
- Supersmart Security
- Secure the People
- Security Quiz
- Security Data Points
- Making Security Everyone's Business
- 15 Tips for Responsible Computing
- How to Plan for a Possible Network Attack
- Book Excerpt: Exploiting Software
- Q&A: Quality Software Means More Secure Software
- No Agreement on Oath Authentication
- Freebie Security Scanners