The software will include policy wizards for testing web applications for compliance against standards set in several US laws – including HIPAA, Sarbanes-Oxley, Gramm-Leach-Bliley, CA 1386, and the Government Information Security Reform Act.
The software works by playing with a web application the way a malicious hacker might – attempting to enter bad data into form fields, or toying with URLs, for example – and then reporting on potential security vulnerabilities.
SPI’s main competitor is Sanctum Inc, which makes AppScan.
This article was based on material originally published by ComputerWire.
