Secure Your Company’s Assets.
Track Open Source.

Enterprise IT has the job of managing access to corporate and customer data while securing the company’s IT assets. The first line of defense is erecting firewalls and other barriers, but this approach has its limits. In order to address security in a fundamental way, IT organizations need to build security into software development processes, whether that means working with internal IT application developers or product engineering.

Software development teams increasingly leverage open source code to speed deployment and enable interoperability. Another advantage of open source is the availability of security patches and bug fixes produced by the open source community. But how do you know which patches apply to your applications? Who is tracking where open source components are being used? To more effectively address IT security, enterprise IT organizations are now investing in technology to manage open source reuse. Such solutions automate and support the working partnership between application development teams and IT security.

When you need to improve security and open source management would it help if the solution also made your developers’ lives easier? Let Black Duck help you —

• Deliver daily security alerts to developers. Enable rapid response to open source component vulnerabilities in your organization. Identified threats are reported directly to the software developers for rapid correction.

• Track where open source is used. Track code composition during development and throughout the enterprise code base. Ease policy adherence by using an interactive, role-based system to flag and vet open source code for approval. Enhance security and support by pinpointing code requiring revision.

• Find undocumented open source. Proactively discover open source code that you did not know about. Mitigate legal and business risks by managing open source usage according to defined policies. Receive reports recommending changes to comply with corporate policies.

Know Your Code™. Comprehensive management of open source reuse mitigates previously unidentified vulnerabilities. Black Duck products and services are helping enterprise IT organizations consistently leverage open source code while mitigating security and business risks. Black Duck Software is the proven leader in helping organizations accelerate software development through the use of open source while seamlessly managing attendant risks and issues.

How can you find out more information?

• Explore Black Duck Code Center. Find out how it helps IT management and developers do their jobs more easily while facilitating fast, effective communication and policy compliance assurance.

• Read about Black Duck Protex, which analyzes a code base of any size and reports code component origins, licensing and other open source reuse issues.

• Discover how Black Duck Code Center accesses the National Vulnerability Database to provide timely information you can use about threats to your software code.

• Download and read the use case Creating a Culture for Code Reuse. Learn how Black Duck solutions help protect your data and software assets by managing the open source you use.