HP gets into the security business

SELLER OF EXPENSIVE PRINTER INK HP is turning its skills for digging into reporters' dustbins and checking their phone accounts to good use by setting up an insecurity business.

It is not that sort of security that HP has in mind. The maker of expensive printer ink says that it wants to help companies reduce vulnerabilities at the onset of the application development lifecycle.

It thinks it can save outfits millions by reducing the risk of millions of dollars in penalties and patches. Dubbed the HP Comprehensive Applications Threat Analysis, this vital new service will be available worldwide.

HP claims that it is the industry's first early life cycle security assessment service that increases security assurance by addressing latent defects in applications and architecture.

The outfit will give customers architectural as well as design guidance alongside recommendations for security controls and best practices.

Companies can then implement recommendations from the assessment's comprehensive findings report to reduce costs associated with vulnerability rework and potential defects while minimizing the need for post-release updates to address security flaws.

We can't imagine how any software development ever got delivered successfully without this (*cough*). µ