Co-developed solution bridges the gap between devops and security operations teams

HONGKONG, CHINA - Media OutReach - August28, 2020 - Trend MicroIncorporated(TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), the leader in cloudsecurity, todayannounced plans for a new, co-developed solution with Snyk, the leader indeveloper-first open source security. The joint solution will help securityteams manage the risk of open source vulnerabilities from the moment opensource code is introduced without interrupting the software delivery process.This marks the expansion of a strategic partnership that has already helpedcountless organizations enhance DevOps security without impacting productroadmaps.

"Weknow that vulnerabilities in open source software, which is increasingly usedby all development teams, have increased 2.5x in the past three years," saidGeva Solomonovich, Global Alliances CTO. "This partnership isground-breaking because for the first time it is giving the security operationsteam visibility into Open Source, which is one of the fundamental buildingblocks of cloud native applications, and its risk. Through this collaborationwe will be helping bridge the technology, process and organizational gapbetween security operations and devops teams."¹

According to Gartner, "Open-source libraries can carrysignificant vulnerabilities and the fact that developers may not even know acomponent is embedded within a library exposes them to unseen vulnerabilities."²

"DevOps sits at the beating heart ofinnovation-first enterprises and no one knows these teams like Snyk, especiallywhen it comes to preventing open source vulnerability threats," said KevinSimzer, chief operating officer for Trend Micro. "What we are putting into playis effectively a virtual open source cybersecurity expert to those teamsrunning our Cloud One platform. Together we can solve security issues beforethey occur, with complete coverage from code creation to runtime and across anytype of developer environment."

The latest capabilities, delivered bycombining the strengths of both companies, enables teams to findvulnerabilities in open source code automatically and immediately. It offerssignificant benefits for security and development teams, including helping tosupport compliance with ISO 27001, SOC 2 and other key frameworks andstandards.

The joint solution will help createfundamental mind shifts in collaboration, driving closer alignment betweensecurity and developer teams. It will be available as part of the Trend MicroCloud One platform, for additional details visit: www.trendmicro.com/cloudone.For an overview of the partnership visit: www.trendmicro.com/snyk.

¹ Snyk, Inc.; 2020 State of Open Source Security: https://info.snyk.io/sooss-report-2020

² Gartner, Inc.; Hype Cycle for Application Security, 2020, July 2020 | G00448216

About Snyk

Snyk is a developer-first security companythat helps organizations use open source and stay secure. Snyk is the onlysolution that seamlessly and proactively finds and fixes vulnerabilities andlicense violations in open source dependencies and container images. Snyk’ssolution is built on a comprehensive, proprietary vulnerability database,maintained by an expert security research team in Israel and London. With tightintegration into existing developer workflows, source control (includingGitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab), and CI/CD pipelines, Snyk enables efficientsecurity workflows and reduces mean-time-to-fix. For more information or to getstarted with Snyk for free today, visit https://snyk.io.

About Trend Micro

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