IBM Application Security Software and Services

IBM offers software and services to secure applications by authenticating and authorizing only valid users and protecting web applications from hackers by identifying exploitable vulnerabilities.

Web-based software and systems run many of today's business processes and are used to conduct transactions and deliver sophisticated services to customers, partners and employees. Building security into every application destined for online deployment should be an integral part of the software and systems delivery lifecycle within well-governed organizations. Unfortunately, in the race to bring new offerings to market the resulting vulnerabilities provide ample opportunity for hackers to access or steal corporate or personal data - potentially placing the entire business at risk! Consider the following:

• The focus of threats is changing. Malicious intent targeted specifically for financial gain are increasing; organizations are concerned about impacts on assets, brand, and reputation; customer focus is moving from threat detection to prevention; increasing focus being given to external and insider threats, fraud and loss of data.
• New business initiatives and technologies increase complexity. Business requirements for continuous availability and operations are increasing; market readiness requires e-commerce, data warehousing, collaboration, customer relationship management, and outsourcing, which create new security needs; organizations are seeking to improve processes for management of information from disparate sources.
• Skilled security professionals are scarce. There is a need for IT professionals skilled in technical and business aspects of security; companies are looking to their vendor to help them manage their overall security posture so they can focus internal resources on new core opportunities.

IBM's application security solutions allow companies to preemptively and actively protect applications from external and internal threats, increasing efficiencies, supporting compliance and improving an organization's overall security posture. IBM Application Security solutions provide visibility, consistency, compliance control, and automation across heterogeneous network infrastructures and business applications. We provide pre-emptive network security, application security, access management that helps protect vital customer data and information assets from external and internal threats.

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