SBIR – Secure Decisions

Secure Decisions releases Code Dx Version 1.2

Code Dx v1.2 adds capabilities for discovering, analyzing and visualizing software vulnerabilities from open source and commercial static application security testing tools. NORTHPORT, NY June 27, 2014– The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions, Inc. has released a new version of its software assurance analytics tool, Code Dx Version 1.2. Code Dx, a software assurance analytics tool that consolidates and normalizes software vulnerabilities detected by multiple static application security testing (SAST) tools, was developed under a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Its visual analytics help engineering professionals – including Software Developers, Security Auditors, Compliance Officers and Quality Assurance engineers - triage and prioritize detected software vulnerabilities for effective remediation. The new Enterprise Edition of Code Dx has added support for a cadre of commercial [...]

Secure Decisions2017-04-27T12:00:40-04:00Jun-2014|Categories: News|Tags: application security, Code Dx, Code Dx Enterprise Edition, Code Dx Standard Edition, cyber security, DHS, open source static analysis tools, risk management, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis, visual analytics for source code analysis, visualization|

Secure Decisions releases Code Dx Version 1.1

Code Dx v1.1 Adds Capabilities for Discovering, Analyzing and Visualizing Vulnerabilities in .NET Source Code NORTHPORT, NY, April 16, 2013– The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions has released a new version of its software assurance analytics tool, Code Dx Version 1.1. Code Dx, a software assurance analytics tool that consolidates and normalizes software vulnerabilities detected by multiple static application security testing (SAST) tools, was developed under a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program. Its visual analytics help many engineering professionals – including Software Developers, Security Auditors, Compliance Officers and Quality Assurance engineers - triage and prioritize detected software vulnerabilities for efficient remediation. This new version of Code Dx provides several significant features and upgrades that support the analysis of .NET code bases. In addition [...]

Secure Decisions2017-04-27T12:00:41-04:00Apr-2014|Categories: News|Tags: application security, Code Dx, cyber security, DHS, open source static analysis tools, risk management, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis, visual analytics for source code analysis, visualization|

Secure Decisions Wins U.S. Department of Homeland Security Phase II Software Assurance Contract

Division of Applied Visions, Inc. to continue development of a software assurance risk management framework for supporting static and dynamic code analysis to help secure software developed for government, industry and academia. NORTHPORT, New York, March 14, 2014– Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions and developer of visual analytic tools for cyber security, has received a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II award from the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to improve the security of software applications. Under this DHS Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate contract, Secure Decisions will continue development of the Code Ray™ software assurance risk management framework, to correlate the results of static and dynamic software analysis tools towards the goal of improving software vulnerability detection. The Code Ray technology will be incorporated into and extend Secure Decisions’ current [...]

Secure Decisions2017-06-22T11:07:30-04:00Mar-2014|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: application security, Code Dx, Code Pulse, Code Ray, CWE, cyber security, DAST, DHS, dynamic application security testing, dynamic tracing, hybrid analysis, hybrid techniques, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software risk management, software security, static analysis, static application security testing, static source code analysis tools|

Code Dx v1.0 Cybersecurity Application Provides Visual Analytics for Source Code Diagnosis and Remediation of Software Vulnerabilities

Easier Detection and Faster Triage of Software Vulnerabilities for Developers, Security Auditors, and Compliance Officers Highlights: Code Dx is a Software Assurance (SwA) tool with a new approach to combating the growing cyber threat to software source code Code Dx consolidates and normalizes vulnerabilities detected by several different code analysis tools, as opposed to the current norm of relying on just one tool Code Dx provides an interactive visual analytics user interface that helps Developers, Security Auditors, and Compliance Officers to triage and prioritize software vulnerabilities for effective remediation Code Dx research and development was funded by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate NORTHPORT, NY, November 15, 2013 – Secure Decisions, the cyber security division of Applied Visions, Inc., today announced the release of Code Dx™ v1.0, a software assurance [...]

Secure Decisions2017-06-22T11:05:15-04:00Nov-2013|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: application security, Code Dx, cyber security, DHS, risk management, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis, visual analytics for source code analysis, visualization|

Secure Decisions and Morgridge Institute Team Up to Provide Enhanced Software Assurance Capability

NORTHPORT, NY, July 08, 2013 – Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions, Inc., and Morgridge Institute for Research have entered into a partnership to advance software assurance initiatives of mutual interest towards the goal of providing an operational environment for assessing the security of software applications. Secure Decisions and Morgridge institute will be collaborating on software assurance (SwA) projects sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science & Technology Directorate (S&T). Beginning now through 2014, as part of an initial collaborative effort, Secure Decisions and Morgridge will integrate Secure Decisions’ Code Dx™ static analysis correlation and visualization tool into Morgridge’s Software Assurance Marketplace (SWAMP) environment. Secure Decisions expects to continue to enhance the functionality of Code Dx within the SWAMP by expanding its support for additional software languages and static analysis tool results, [...]

Secure Decisions2017-06-21T13:49:15-04:00Jul-2013|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: application security, Code Dx, cyber security, DHS, Morgridge Institute, risk management, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis, SWAMP|

Secure Decisions Technology to Support the NIST Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE)

NORTHPORT, NY, June 17, 2013 – Secure Decisions’ new software assurance technology Code Dx™ will be used by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to support the evaluation of static source code analysis tool performance during the fifth Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE V) and Workshop. The Static Analysis Tool Exposition (SATE) is part of an effort led by NIST and hosted by the Morgridge Institute Software Assurance Marketplace (SWAMP) to advance research in, and improvement of, static analysis tools that find security-relevant defects in source code. The exposition will allow participating tool developers to execute their software assurance tools against a set of software programs with known security defects. NIST-led researchers using Code Dx will be able to analyze the tool results, and report and discuss their findings and experiences at a [...]

Secure Decisions2017-06-22T10:57:37-04:00Jun-2013|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: application security, Code Dx, DHS, NIST, risk management, S&T, SAST, SATE, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis tools|

Secure Decisions Wins Another U.S. Department of Homeland Security Software Assurance Contract

Division of Applied Visions, Inc. to develop a software assurance risk management framework for supporting static and dynamic code analysis to help secure software developed for government, industry and academia. NORTHPORT, New York, June 7, 2013 – Secure Decisions, a division of Applied Visions and developer of visual analytic tools for software assurance and cyber security, has received a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I award under a US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) program. The company was selected for this software assurance contract by the DHS Science & Technology Directorate, Washington, DC. Under the contract, Secure Decisions will develop the Code Ray™ software assurance risk management framework, to correlate the results of static and dynamic software analysis tools towards the goal of improving software vulnerability detection. The Code Ray technology will complement and [...]

Secure Decisions2017-04-27T12:00:41-04:00Jun-2013|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: application security, Code Dx, Code Pulse, Code Ray, CWE, DAST, DHS, dynamic application security testing, dynamic tracing, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software risk management, software security, static analysis, static application security testing, static source code analysis tools|

Code Dx receives the Long Island Software Award

NORTHPORT, NY, April 16, 2013 – The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions has been awarded the Long Island Software Award. Code Dx™ was selected as one of “Long Island’s Top Software Products” and will receive the award at the Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet) event to be held on May 1st, 2013. The Long Island Software Award mission is to “showcase the strength and diversity of Long Island's software industry by recognizing excellence in a wide range of software products”. Secure Decisions has previously won this award for their MeerCAT®, VIAssist™ and SecureScope™ products. Code Dx was initially developed as part of a Department of Homeland Security-funded research effort to develop tools for improving the security of software products developed for government and industry. It was based on the needs of DHS [...]

Secure Decisions2020-08-03T11:20:11-04:00Apr-2013|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: DHS, LISA, LISTnet, risk management, SAST, SBIR, Secure Decisions, software assurance, software security, static analysis, static source code analysis tools|

Secure Decisions’ MeerCAT® receives the Long Island Software Award

NORTHPORT, NY, May 24th, 2011 – The Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions has been awarded the Long Island Software Award. MeerCAT® was selected as one of “Long Island’s Top Software Products” and received an award at the Long Island Software and Technology Network (LISTnet) event held on May 11th, 2011. The Long Island Software Award mission is to “showcase the strength and diversity of Long Island's software industry by recognizing excellence in a wide range of software products. Secure Decisions has previously won this award for their VIAssist™ and SecureScope™ products. MeerCAT® was initially developed as part of a DARPA-funded research effort into developing tools for visualizing mobile networks. It was based on the needs of DoD security professionals, such as information security auditors, penetration vulnerability testers, and computer network defenders, who conduct ‘wardrives’ [...]

Secure Decisions2020-07-14T12:06:16-04:00May-2011|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: cyber defense, cybersecurity, DARPA, Flying Squirrel, fraud prevention, information assurance, information security, Kismet, LISA, LISTnet, network defense, risk management, SBIR, wardrive, wireless security|

Secure Decisions’ MeerCAT® a DARPA 2010 Success Standout

DARPA singles out wireless security technology developed by Applied Visions, Inc. division as one of its success stories for 2010 The MeerCAT wireless analysis tool depicts network usage patterns and potential vulnerabilities. NORTHPORT, NY, March 15, 2010 – For the second time in its history, the Secure Decisions Division of Applied Visions has been honored by DARPA for its small business success gallery. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), research and development arm of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), selected MeerCAT®, along with a few other select DARPA-sponsored projects, to receive this recognition. MeerCAT, a tool designed to analyze wireless risks to critical cyber assets, is among an even smaller group of computer security technologies to be commended in this way.

Secure Decisions2020-08-03T11:19:13-04:00Mar-2010|Categories: News, Press Releases|Tags: cyber defense, cyber security, DARPA, Flying Squirrel, fraud prevention, information assurance, information security, Kismet, network defense, risk management, SBIR, wardrive, wireless security|