Trend Micro and Snyk Significantly Expand Partnership with Technology Collaboration to Solve Open Source Development Risks – AsiaOne

Co-developed solution bridges the gap between devops and securityoperations teams

HONG KONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - August 28, 2020 - (; ), the leader in cloud security, today announced plans for a new,co-developed solution with Snyk, the leader in developer-first opensource security. The joint solution will help security teams managethe risk of open source vulnerabilities from the moment open sourcecode is introduced without interrupting the software deliveryprocess. This marks the expansion of a strategic partnership that has already helped countless organizations enhance DevOpssecurity without impacting product roadmaps.

"We know that vulnerabilities in open source software, which isincreasingly used by all development teams, have increased 2.5x inthe past three years," said Geva Solomonovich, Global AlliancesCTO."This partnership is ground-breaking because for thefirst time it is giving the security operations team visibilityinto Open Source, which is one of the fundamental building blocksof cloud native applications, and its risk. Through thiscollaboration we will be helping bridge the technology, process andorganizational gap between security operations and devops teams."1

According to Gartner, "Open-source libraries can carry significantvulnerabilities and the fact that developers may not even know acomponent is embedded within a library exposes them to unseenvulnerabilities."2

"DevOps sits at the beating heart of innovation-first enterprisesand no one knows these teams like Snyk, especially when it comes topreventing open source vulnerability threats," said Kevin Simzer,chief operating officer for Trend Micro. "What we are putting intoplay is effectively a virtual open source cybersecurity expert tothose teams running our Cloud One platform. Together we can solvesecurity issues before they occur, with complete coverage from codecreation to runtime and across any type of developer environment."

The latest capabilities, delivered by combining the strengths ofboth companies, enables teams to find vulnerabilities in opensource code automatically and immediately. It offers significantbenefits for security and development teams, including helping tosupport compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2 and other key frameworksand standards.

The joint solution will help create fundamental mind shifts incollaboration, driving closer alignment between security anddeveloper teams. It will be available as part of the Trend MicroCloud One platform, for additional details visit: http://www.trendmicro.com/cloudone. For an overview of the partnership visit: http://www.trendmicro.com/snyk.

1 Snyk, Inc.; 2020 State of Open Source Security: https://info.snyk.io/sooss-report-2020

2 Gartner, Inc.; Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2020, July2020 | G00448216

Snyk is a developer-first security company that helps organizationsuse open source and stay secure. Snyk is the only solution thatseamlessly and proactively finds and fixes vulnerabilities andlicense violations in open source dependencies and containerimages. Snyks solution is built on a comprehensive, proprietaryvulnerability database, maintained by an expert security researchteam in Israel and London. With tight integration into existingdeveloper workflows, source control (including GitHub, Bitbucket,GitLab), and CI/CD pipelines, Snyk enables efficient securityworkflows and reduces mean-time-to-fix. For more information or toget started with Snyk for free today, visithttps://snyk.io.

Trend Micro, a global leader in cybersecurity, helps make the worldsafe for exchanging digital information. Leveraging over 30 yearsof security expertise, global threat research, and continuousinnovation, Trend Micro enables resilience for businesses,governments, and consumers with connected solutions across cloudworkloads, endpoints, email, IIoT, and networks. Our XGen securitystrategy powers our solutions with a cross-generational blend ofthreat-defense techniques that are optimized for key environmentsand leverage shared threat intelligence for better, fasterprotection. With over 6,700 employees in 65 countries, and theworld's most advanced global threat research and intelligence,Trend Micro enables organizations to secure their connected world http://www.trendmicro.com.hk.

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