14 DAY TRIAL // The open-source community and the users of open-source software solutions are getting more and more vulnerable to all kinds of malicious activity because the number of bugs identified in applications is huge. Software developers from all around the world already created special e-mail addresses or feedback forms to receive bugs from their users, but we are still vulnerable until they release the patch to fix the flaw.
That's why Fortify Software and FindBugs, two companies that have strong relations with source code for many applications, announced a new partnership meant to provide a tool that will help software developers create more secure applications.
The Java Open Review Project is a service that will offer a free scan for Java applications, giving you the possibility to identify major bugs before the release on the Internet. This way, we can prevent the distribution of the affected version of the program and users will be safer when they're using the software solution.
"The risks from unknown security vulnerabilities and quality bugs in open source code pose a problem for the open source community and for consumers of open source software. The Java Open Review Project identifies and reports bugs and security vulnerabilities in widely used Java open source software," can be read on a statement published on the Fortify Software official webpage.
"By finding problems before they become major issues, we help improve the open source projects we examine. Project owners get full analysis results from Fortify SCA and FindBugs and can easily review, comment and act on the findings. Open source consumers can gauge the level of risk involved in different open source components," they also added.
If you are a web developer and you're interested in this new service that helps you release more secure applications, you can visit this website to find more information and even register your software solution for a free scan.