Ounce Labs

Ounce Labs (an IBM company) is a Waltham, Massachusetts-based security software vendor. The company was founded in 2002[1] and created a software analysis product that analyzes source code to identify and remove security vulnerabilities.[2][3] The security software looks for a range of vulnerabilities that leave an application open to attack.[4] Customers have included GMAC, Lockheed Martin, and the U.S. Navy.

Ounce Labs
Industrysoftware
Founded2002
HeadquartersWaltham, Massachusetts
ParentIBM

On July 28, 2009, Ounce was acquired by IBM, for an undisclosed sum, with the intention of integrating it into IBM's Rational Software business.[5][6]

Platform support

Programming languages that are supported by Ounce's security scan include ASP.NET, C, C++, C# and other .NET languages, Java, JSP, VB.NET, classic ASP; and platform support for Windows, Solaris, and Linux.

gollark: You'd probably end up rewriting half of it.
gollark: You *cannot* just "backport" (and why "back"port?) a complex Java program interacting with system libraries and stuff to CC.
gollark: So, you're making a "browser" thing, except it's not actually in CC?
gollark: oh no.
gollark: That can't go wrong, I'm pretty sure, I stuck the three laws of robotics in as a comment above the core reasoning logic and that definitely counts.

References
  1. "Ounce Labs, Inc.: Private Company Information - Bloomberg". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  2. "Ounce Labs Ounce 4". SC Magazine. August 1, 2007. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  3. "Ounce Labs Ounce 6 product review". www.scmagazine.com. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  4. "Closing Security Holes with Application Scanners". Enterprise Systems. July 17, 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2007. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  5. "IBM Snaps Up Security Software Firm Ounce Labs | Xconomy". Xconomy. 28 July 2009. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
  6. "IBM buys security provider Ounce Labs". CNET. Retrieved August 2, 2017.


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