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ALM Inches a Step Closer to Application Security


Borland’s Gauntlet partners are a first sign vulnerability testing has arrived

By Jennifer deJong
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March 1, 2007 —  (Page 1 of 2)
Application security hasn’t been a high focus area for ALM tool makers, but Borland Software may be showing signs that a change is finally afoot.

When the company announced its Open Application Lifecycle Management strategy earlier this year, it named three application security partners: Cenzic, Fortify and Klocwork. “I am not surprised that [Borland is] pushing security as a big issue,” said Ovum analyst Bola Rotibi. It’s likely to become a big issue for all ALM tool makers going forward, she said.

Included in Borland’s Open ALM announcement was the launch of Gauntlet. The automated build and testing tool is based on technology Borland acquired when it bought Gauntlet Systems last May. Designed to work with

Borland’s Lifecycle Quality Management (LQM) tools—for project management, requirements definition, quality management and change management—Gauntlet provides development teams with an efficient way to subject code to various forms of analysis before it is checked in for a build, noted Forrester analyst Carey Schwaber.

For instance, by plugging Cenzic’s Hailstorm into Gauntlet, a team could conduct black-box tests on its code, simulating actual attacks in order to pinpoint holes a hacker might exploit. In the same fashion, Fortify’s SCA or Klocwork’s K7 could be used to analyze source code for vulnerabilities.

Asked whether Borland’s emphasis on application security is a sign that black-box testing and source code analysis are likely to become integral parts of the ALM process and of the ALM tool set, Borland vice president of product marketing Marc Brown said security is just one among several quality issues.

But Borland agrees that, among ALM tool makers in general, security aspects of quality have not made their way into application life-cycle discussions. “But to be successful with application security—or anything else, for that matter—you have to ensure that discipline is woven into daily practices,” said Borland director of development solutions Rob Cheng. Cenzic vice president of marketing Mandeep Khera agreed. “You have to catch security vulnerabilities earlier in the cycle.” To accomplish that, application security testing must become part of the ALM process, he said.




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