Gartner Inc.'s 2010 Magic Quadrant for Static Application Security Testing positions IBM in the Leaders Quadrant.
According to Gartner, to be positioned in the Leaders Quadrant for static application security testing tools, vendors must demonstrate both "completeness of vision" and an "ability to execute."
To be positioned in the Leaders Quadrant, vendors must:
Demonstrate balanced progress in execution and vision. Their actions raise the competitive bar for all vendors and solutions in the market, and they tend to set the pace for the industry.
Focus on the security of applications; its offering addresses the needs of application security specialists within the SLC; and its brand is broadly recognized in the application security space.
Leaders must also reach beyond SAST capabilities and encompass the broader application security discipline.
At the same time, Leaders are able to amass a relatively large clientele and revenue in this evolving market
The report highlights that attacks have become more financially motivated, and as organizations have improved the security of their network, desktop and server infrastructures, there has been a shift to application-level attacks. Static application security testing (SAST) is one of the technology markets aimed at securing applications.
Gartner recommends that SAST should be considered a mandatory requirement for all IT organizations that develop or procure applications. Even though the market has not reached maturity, enterprises must adopt SAST technologies and processes because the need is strategic.
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