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For the security teams to cope with these demands , they need to ensure that applications are securely written early in the development life cycle .
Tamer El Refaey , Chief
Cyber Security Strategist , Emerging Markets , Micro Focus classification and protection , whether on-premise or in the cloud .
How has Micro Focus helped businesses build overall resiliency to face any future crisis ?
Cybersecurity was traditionally based on linear and predictable capabilities . COVID-19 caused a paradigm shift in organisations ’ priorities and Digital Transformation efforts . This shift was necessary to ensure business viability and resilience and continuous customer experience . The modern chief information security officer ( CISO ) was compelled to support organisational resilience , address workforce changes , tackle enhanced insider threat concerns , protect an expanded risk surface due to the rush to the cloud and deal with an explosion of targeted phishing attacks . Micro Focus helps organisations build a robust security posture by protecting across identities , applications and data , accelerating threat detection , response and recovery from advanced threats , and intelligently adapting their security by leveraging automation , Machine Learning and AI .
How can Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies proactively safeguard enterprises from advanced threat detection and how is Micro Focus using these technologies ?
Artificial Intelligence ( AI ) is the ability of a machine or computer to imitate the human mind ' s capabilities . AI cybersecurity systems rely on the continuous feed of data to recognise patterns and backtrack attacks . By feeding algorithms large volumes of information , these systems learn how to detect anomalies , monitor behaviour , respond to threats , adapt to attacks and issue alerts .
We use AI and Machine Learning in every single security solution that we offer to customers . For example , we use AI and Machine Learning to provide adaptive access control , discover and classify data , report high-fidelity vulnerabilities in applications and detect insider threats . AI and Machine Learning is the name of the game to be able to address advanced threats .
Could you tell us a bit more about the solutions , Fortify on Demand and Fortify Static Code Analyzer , which meant Micro Focus was recognised as
a Leader in The Forrester Wave : Static Application Security Testing , Q1 2021
To address seamless customer experience requirements , organisations are developing more apps and increasing their existing applications ' release cycles . For the security teams to cope with these demands , they need to ensure that applications are securely written early in the development life cycle . Static code analysis is like a security spelling check for the application to ensure that the developers are warned about the potential loopholes and guided towards fixing them as early as possible .
Dynamic code analysis applies rigorous security tests against the application before it is released for customer use . Dynamic code analysis is helpful to simulate how an attacker interacts with the application .
At Micro Focus , we help organisations find potential security loopholes in their application covering the whole development life cycle . The Fortify application security suite provides static code analysis capabilities and dynamic code analysis capabilities .
In addition , Fortify provides runtime application security protection . Organisations who prefer Software-as-a-Service ( SaaS ) can use Fortify on Demand to get the application security they need in the cloud . p
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