Articles from Security Compass

Security Compass, the Security by Design Company, today announced the appointment of Joe Deklic as Chief Revenue Officer. In this role, Deklic will spearhead the company’s global revenue generation efforts, overseeing enterprise and channel sales, pre-sales, sales development, and sales enablement functions.

Security Compass, The Security by Design Company, today announced the acquisition of Devici, a threat modeling solution purpose-built for modern security teams. This strategic acquisition enhances Security Compass’s portfolio, complementing its flagship platform, SD Elements, and strengthening its mission to integrate secure development practices from the start of software development.

Security Compass, The Security by Design Company, today announced the launch of its SD Elements 2024.2 product release. This release expands on the platform’s industry leading AI/ML security content designed to help organizations seamlessly integrate Generative AI (GenAI) into their applications while ensuring they are secure and compliant by design. Security Compass has also taken additional steps to improve the developer experience by allowing organizations to connect and scan their GitHub repositories, which will automatically answer survey questions and generate threat models.

Security Compass, The Security by Design Company, proudly unveils its latest initiative aimed at fortifying the software development community: free access to our new LLM OWASP Top 10 interactive lab. As the landscape of cybersecurity rapidly evolves with the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs), this initiative strengthens our commitment to equipping developers with the essential tools for designing secure and compliant applications.

Security Compass, The Security by Design Company, today announces the acquisition of application security training software provider Kontra from ThriveDX, the global leader in cyber training and talent development. The acquisition marks a pivotal step forward in Security Compass's ongoing mission to empower businesses with application security solutions centered on a Security by Design approach.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, is excited to announce the upcoming virtual conference, “Equilibrium 2023”. This premier event is tailored to developers, DevOps, and DevSecOps professionals, as well as product security experts committed to creating secure software. The conference is scheduled to take place on May 31, 2023. The conference's theme, "Build a strong security foundation through 'security by design' to ensure the production of software we can trust today and tomorrow," emphasizes the importance of integrating security capabilities into the software development lifecycle from design to maintenance.

Security Compass, the Security by Design CompanyTM and a pioneer in application security, has been recognized by CRN®, a brand of The Channel Company, with a prestigious 5-star rating in its 2023 Partner Program Guide.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, has published the results of a new research report, “2022 DevSecOps Perspectives on AppSec Training”. This study was designed to examine the maturity and approaches of application security training and certification for software developers, and to better understand organizational views on its effectiveness and the challenges teams face with application security training.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, today announced the release of SD Elements 2022.3, which offers new capabilities that make it easier for software developers to identify software application security threats and exactly where to implement countermeasures to mitigate the risks. The latest version of SD Elements also includes new security content that allows software development organizations to demonstrate compliance with the latest threat modeling and secure development best practices from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) referenced in Executive Order (EO) 14028, “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity.”

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, has published the results of a research study examining developer views on application security, including the challenges and opportunities they face in their secure development efforts. The report, “2022 Developer Perspectives on Application Security,” provides a deep dive into security maturity, threats, requirements, tools, resources, and training. The full report is available for download here.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, is pleased to announce multiple award wins from Q2 that reinforce the benefits of the SD Elements platform. The company is a 2022 SC Awards finalist for the Best Enterprise Security Solution category, a winner of two 2022 Cyber Defense Magazine Global Infosec Awards, and was included on the CyberTech 100 list.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, today published the results of a new research report, “2022 Application Security in the Mid-Market”. The study was designed to provide a comprehensive look at the current state of application security and security maturity in the mid-market, including the challenges and opportunities growing companies face when trying to scale their secure development efforts. The report is available for download here.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solutions provider, today released the results of a commissioned Total Economic Impact™ (TEI) study conducted by Forrester Consulting. The TEI study evaluates the potential benefit of deploying SD Elements, including decreasing the time to develop security requirements for products by 90%. The study is available for download here.

Security Compass, a leading cybersecurity solution provider, is pleased to announce multiple industry award wins from early 2022. SD Elements, Security Compass’ flagship product, was recognized for enabling agile organizations to build security and compliance requirements into software from the start, implement them at scale, and improve software time to market while enhancing security. Security Compass recently earned the following awards:

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation platform, SD Elements, has been named one of Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures for 2021 by Waterstone Human Capital’s annual program. The program recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for fostering high-performance corporate cultures that help sustain a competitive advantage. This competitive advantage has also contributed to two technology awards recently earned by the company: the 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Award for Application Security, and inclusion for the second consecutive year on the 2021 CyberTech 100 list.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today published the results of a new report, “The State of Secure Development & ATO in U.S. Government Agencies in 2021”. The comprehensive study provides an overview of the current state of secure software development within U.S. government agencies and the challenges they face in scaling secure development. Survey results are based on responses from cybersecurity professionals at federal, state, and local government agencies with expertise in current secure coding standards and regulations.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today published the results of a new report, “The State of Cloud Adoption in 2021.” Designed to highlight business drivers and challenges facing medium and large enterprises when developing software for the cloud, the study is based on insights provided by individuals who are directly involved in the development, deployment, or operation of their organization’s cloud applications.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today announced a partnership with the International Society of Automation (ISA). In collaboration with ISA, Security Compass is incorporating ISASecure® standards and guidelines into the SD Elements platform used by software development and engineering teams to automate and streamline achieving and verifying compliance with security standards and requirements. Security Compass has also joined the ISA Security Compliance Institute as a voting technical member, the first cybersecurity software company to join and contribute expertise on the development of security standards for industrial automation and control systems.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today published the results of a new report, “The State of Threat Modeling in 2021.” The study was designed to provide a better understanding of the current state of threat modeling in mid-sized, $100M to $999M and large sized, $1B + enterprises, with a specific focus on the challenges organizations face in scaling threat modeling for the applications they build and deploy. Individuals directly involved in threat modeling efforts within their organizations provided insights on their companies’ approach as well as gaps and vulnerabilities.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today announced the details of Equilibrium Conference 2021, a one-day virtual event for security, risk and technology professionals and software developers. Taking place on Thursday, June 24, 2021, Equilibrium will bring together professionals interested in what’s next in information security, ranging from product development to risk management. To register for free, click here.

Security Compass, developer of the industry’s first Balanced Development Automation (BDA) platform, today announced the expansion of its executive leadership team. In addition to the internal advancement of multiple strategic leaders, Rob Bentley has been named the company’s first Chief Revenue Officer (CRO).