Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(link is external) announced that its Quantum Firewall Software R82 — the latest version of Check Point’s core network security software delivering advanced threat prevention and scalable policy management — has received Common Criteria EAL4+ certification, further reinforcing its position as a trusted security foundation for critical infrastructure, government, and defense organizations worldwide.
IBM Test Accelerator for Z Announced
May 14, 2024
IBM announced IBM Test Accelerator for Z, a solution designed to revolutionize testing on IBM Z, a tool that expedites the shift-left approach, fostering smooth collaboration between z/OS developers and testers.
Tailored for IBM Z customers seeking enhanced agility, accelerated delivery timelines, and superior software quality, IBM Test Accelerator for Z empowers developers and testers alike. It is designed to facilitate automated unit testing, early integration testing and comprehensive integration testing, seamlessly incorporating generated tests into automated builds as part of a continuous testing framework.
Developed in collaboration with IBM Research®, this tool includes the ability to automatically generate test data for challenging program paths, thus significantly boosting code coverage and accelerating testing processes.
IBM Test Accelerator for Z grants users and teams the freedom to swiftly create isolated, non-production virtual environments hosting IBM z/OS software and middleware on-premises using Linux® on Z. This streamlined approach facilitates early defect detection, thereby minimizing delivery timelines, cutting costs and mitigating risks. These versatile features are designed to empower teams to embrace agile methodologies, shift-left testing and continuous integration practices within an automated pipeline.
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Lineaje launched new capabilities including Lineaje agentic AI-powered self-healing agents that autonomously secure open-source software, source code and containers, Gold Open Source Packages and Gold Open Source Images that enable organizations to source trusted, pre-fixed open-source software, and a software crawling and analysis engine, SCA360, that discovers and contextualizes risks at all software development stages.
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Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(link is external) launched its inaugural AI Security Report(link is external) at RSA Conference 2025.
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Lenses.io announced the release of Lenses 6.0, enabling organizations to modernize applications and systems with real-time data as AI adoption accelerates.
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Sonata Software has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) DevOps Competency status.
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vFunction® announced significant platform advancements that reduce complexity across the architectural spectrum and target the growing disconnect between development speed and architectural integrity.
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Sonatype® introduced major enhancements to Repository Firewall that expand proactive malware protection across the enterprise — from developer workstations to the network edge.
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Aqua Security introduced Secure AI, full lifecycle security from code to cloud to prompt.
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Salt Security announced the launch of the Salt Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server, giving enterprise teams a novel access point of interaction with their API infrastructure, leveraging natural language and artificial intelligence (AI).
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The Cloud Native Computing Foundation® (CNCF®), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud native software, announced the graduation of in-toto, a software supply chain security framework developed at the NYU Tandon School of Engineering.
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SnapLogic announced the launch of its next-generation API management (APIM) solution, helping organizations accelerate their journey to a composable and agentic enterprise.
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Apiiro announced Software Graph Visualization, an interactive map that enables users to visualize their software architectures across all components, vulnerabilities, toxic combinations, blast radius, data exposure and material changes in real time.
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Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd.(link is external) and Illumio, the breach containment company, announced a strategic partnership to help organizations strengthen security and advance their Zero Trust posture.
