The argument for automated code testing

During the golden age of computer hacking, the activity was driven by a desire to vandalise and embarrass website owners. Today, e-crime is the domain of organised gangs, often from countries that don’t easily co-operate with international enforcement agencies. These gangs have one motive – to steal money and goods. The strategies employed by cyber criminals are constantly evolving. Professor Howard A Schmidt , Director of Fortify Software, argues that companies, in order to protect themselves from such attacks, must evolve too. According to a recent study by the influential research consultancy, Gartner Research, 75% of security breaches are due to flaws in software. According to Professor Smith, the major security problems faced by organisations today is that the business applications needed to run the business are also the very applications making it insecure. Cybercriminals have identified this and are now focusing all their attentions on application-layer vulnerabilities. It’s a problem that simply can’t be ignored