New service helps enterprises secure legacy applications
Many companies rely on legacy applications, but while they're keen to get maximum return on their investment and avoid the costs of moving to a new system, they may be opening themselves to security threats.
Information risk management consultancy AsTech Consulting is launching its Legacy Application Security Evaluation and Remediation (LASER) guided security improvement program to help companies uncover hidden security issues.
"LASER is first fully scalable, productized service focused exclusively on large legacy applications allowing companies to tailor the level of investigation they want focused on their application, and the type of help they need to address the vulnerabilities in the source code," says Greg Reber, CEO of AsTech Consulting. "LASER has been designed to complement any development team working toward a safer and more reliable software environment. LASER provides organizations of all sizes with a flexible and cost effective way to make the most of their legacy applications while making real progress in securing those applications. AsTech Consulting has developed this process and completed a number of pilot projects with companies on large applications containing thousands of vulnerabilities, resulting in measurable increases in the security of these applications".
Companies with their own development staff can use the information from the discovery phase of LASER, along with consultative help from AsTech Consulting's engineers, to begin securing the software themselves.
Alternatively companies without the resources to handle the redevelopment can choose to outsource fixing problems to the LASER team. In this case, AsTech's engineers will create and test an enhanced version of the application, which can be re-introduced to the client's system in stages. This allows businesses to keep a legacy system in place for less than the cost of switching to an alternative.
You can find out more about the LASER program on the AsTech website.
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