Hailstorm 2.6 Finds Web App Faults

Kavado Inc.s ScanDo The future seems worrisome for this application scanning product because Protegrity Corp. (which recently acquired Kavado) seems more interested in its Defiance TMS platform than ScanDo (www.kavado.com)

Manual penetration tests Leveraging open-source tools such as Nessus (www.nessus.org) and Nikto (www.cirt.net) and applying a lot of elbow grease can provide good results

Watchfires AppScan Audit Boasts improved attacks and simulation capabilities (www.watchfire.com)

SPI Dynamics WebInspect Adaptive agent technology strives to limit false positives (www.spydynamics.com)

Technical Analyst Andrew Garcia can be reached at andrew_garcia@ziffdavis.com.

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