MADISON, Wisconsin, 1. november 2022 /PRNewswire/ — I dag annoncerede Varsity Venture Studio – et samarbejdsstudie mellem University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) og venturebyggeren High Alpha Innovation – den offentlige lancering af FitStack (www.fitstack.dev), en proaktiv risikostyringsløsning til applikationsudviklingsteams til at løse de igangværende udfordringer i styring af softwareforsyningskædesikkerhed.
For at løse disse problemer har medstifterne Roger Cummings (CEO) og Dr. Mohannad Alhanahnah, Ph.D. (CTO) positionerer FitStack for at strømline den overordnede DevSecOps-proces. I modsætning til passive værktøjer, der blot identificerer kode- og containersårbarhed og konfigurationsproblemer, adresserer FitStack-platformen dem proaktivt, viser udviklere de ændringer, der er foretaget, og sikrer, at modificerede applikationer vil køre ved kørsel.
“In today’s environment, it’s essential for development teams to gain control, limit exposure, and reduce overall risk,” explains Cummings. “FitStack is proactively driving security best practices into the earliest stages of the application development lifecycle. We are building FitStack to make sure our solution can fit into everyone’s CICD pipeline in the most efficient manner. By reducing application attack surfaces, exposing application vulnerabilities, and generating compliance reports, we are protecting organizations from malicious events and delivering the insight they need to run their business.”
Cummings og Alhanahnah bringer årtiers ledererfaring inden for data-, cloud-, netværks- og infrastrukturcomputerindustrien. Cummings er en serieiværksætter, der har ført fem virksomheder i tidlige stadier til succesrige opkøb, hjulpet med at rejse over 1 mia. USD i finansiering, mens de har skaleret organisationer over hele verden. Han har tidligere været administrerende direktør for Evidence IQ, et evidensbaseret dataintelligensfirma. Alhanahnah har stor erfaring inden for softwaresikkerhedsforskning med fokus på at udnytte statisk analyse, dynamisk analyse og formelle metoder til sikring af applikationer og maskinlæring. Han afsluttede for nylig post-doc forskning i laboratoriet hos Dr. Somesh Jha, en professor ved Institut for Computervidenskab ved UW-Madison og en medstiftende rådgiver for FitStack. De har været medforfatter til adskillige artikler om forbedring af applikationssikkerhed, sikkerhed og privatliv.
WARF not only helped launch the company as a partner in Varsity Venture Studio, but also licensed the technology to FitStack. Greg Keenan, Senior Director of WARF Ventures, notes, “Helping campus innovators like Drs. Jha and Alhanahnah bring their patented technology to market delivers on our mission to support the commercialization of UW-Madison research for both commercial and societal impact. We are really excited about the market opportunity the company is addressing and look forward to seeing what the FitStack team accomplishes from here.”
“Development teams who aren’t addressing risk management are already behind the curve, but they can’t do it alone,” concludes Elliott Parker, CEO of High Alpha Innovation. “Roger and Mohannad’s solution to such a pressing problem is the perfect fit for building a startup via Varsity Venture Studio.”
Om Varsity Venture Studio
Varsity Venture Studio, et venturestudie på University of Wisconsin-Madison, forvandler ideer til finansierede softwarevirksomheder. Varsity Venture Studio er et samarbejde mellem University of Wisconsin-Madison, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) og venturebyggeren High Alpha Innovation, og er det første universitetsventurestudie af sin art. Lær mere om Varsity Venture Studio på varsityventurestudio.com, High Alpha Innovation kl highalphainno.com, og om WARF kl warf.org.
