Fortify Software Wins 2008 SC Magazine Readers' Trust Award

Security professionals vote Fortify Source Code Analysis (SCA) 5.0 as Best Security Software Development Solution

SAN MATEO, Calif., April 14, 2008 - Last week, Fortify Software, the market leader in enterprise application security solutions, was recognized with the 2008 Readers’ Trust Award as the Best Security Software Development Solution.  The announcement was made at the exclusive SC Magazine Awards Gala, held in conjunction with the annual RSA Conference.

SC Magazine readers, representing IT’s most knowledgeable security professionals, selected Fortify Source Code Analysis (SCA) 5.0 from among the industries’ finest solutions.

“We are honored to receive this award the second year in a row,” said Barmak Meftah, Fortify’s Senior Vice President of Products and Services.  “The recognition of Fortify SCA 5.0 as the industry’s most powerful solution for secure code development demonstrates that our market and our customers recognize that development and security can no longer be separate processes if they hope to mitigate the risk of fraud and data breaches.”

The SC Magazine Awards highlight and showcase the best solutions, services and professionals while recognizing achievement and technical excellence in the information security industry. With more than 600 entries submitted in thirty categories, the 2008 SC Magazine Awards proved to be the most competitive in the program’s eleven year history.

“Fortify Software represents an example of the security industry’s best in class,” said SC Magazine Editor Illena Armstrong. “By voting Fortify SCA 5.0 as the Best Security Software Development Solution, our readers are attesting to the high regard they hold for Fortify.”

More information and a detailed list of categories and winners can be found at www.scmagazineus.com/awards.

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About Fortify Software, Inc.

Fortify® 's Business Software Assurance products and services protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security suite - Fortify 360 - drives down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software’s customers include government agencies and FORTUNE 500 companies in a wide variety of industries, such as financial services, healthcare, e-commerce, telecommunications, publishing, insurance, systems integration and information management. The company is backed by world-class teams of software security experts and partners. More information is available at www.fortify.com.

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