PALO ALTO, Calif., March 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortify Software, Inc., the market leader in enterprise application security solutions, announced today that its award-winning application shield, Fortify(R) Defender, has been named the 2008 Jolt Awards winner in the Best Security Tools category. Fortify Defender complements Fortify Software's award-winning flagship product, Fortify(R) Source Code Analysis (SCA), the industry's most powerful solution for secure code development. This award recognizes Fortify Defender's innovative approach to offering extremely accurate Web application security by monitoring security-critical functions and application programming interfaces (APIs) inside the Web application itself while it's running in production.
"This year was an exceptionally exciting year for the Jolt's, because there were so many strong candidates in every category," said Amber Ankerholz, conference manager for Dr. Dobb's Events. "Fortify's selection as the winner in the Security Tools category puts it among an elite group of software development innovators."
The prestigious Jolt Awards recognize those products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier, and more efficient. Winners are selected from among hundreds of qualified nominations by an esteemed panel of judges consisting of industry insiders, columnists, and technology leaders.
"We are honored that Fortify has once again been recognized by the Jolt Awards as a leading innovator in the software development market," said Barmak Meftah, Fortify's Senior Vice President of Products and Services. "This award further validates Fortify Defender's unique, internal firewall approach which offers critical insight into attacks as well as an unparalleled level of security."
This is the second consecutive year in which Fortify's award winning solutions have been recognized as Jolt Award winners. Fortify's flagship product, Fortify SCA, won the Jolt Award for Best Security Tool in 2005 and received the Jolt Award for Productivity in 2006 and again in 2007.
Fortify Defender also recently received Software Test & Performance Magazine's 2007 Tester's Choice Award for Best Solution from a New Player, and has been named a 2008 CODiE Award finalist for Best Security Solution.
The winners were honored at the 18th annual Jolt Awards Ceremony held at the Software Development West 2008 Conference and Expo. The Jolt Awards are presented by Dr. Dobb's and sponsored by JOLT Energy drinks. A complete list of the 18th annual Jolt Award winners is available at http://www.joltawards.com/.
About Fortify Software, Inc.
Fortify(R) Software products protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security products -- Fortify SCA, Fortify Manager, Fortify Tracer and Fortify Defender -- drive down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software's customers include government agencies and FORTUNE 500 companies in a wide variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, publishing, insurance, systems integration and information management. The company is backed by world-class teams of software security experts and partners. More information is available at http://www.fortify.com/.
About Dr. Dobb's
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