Fortify Software, Inc., a leading provider of security products that help companies identify, manage and remediate software vulnerabilities to mitigate enterprise security risk, has announced that Fortify has joined the Eclipse Foundation as an Add-In Provider "We are happy to welcome Fortify Software to the Eclipse Foundation," said Mike Milinkovich, executive director, Eclipse Foundation. "Their solutions for addressing security vulnerabilities will be a welcome addition to the Eclipse ecosystem."

Fortify provides an add-in of its award-winning Fortify Source Code Analysis product to the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (IDE). In addition, the Fortify Audit Workbench uses the Eclipse platform to provide an easy-to-use, powerful environment to identify, investigate and organize code- level security issues.

"Fortify and the open source community have long shared a commitment to making software as secure as possible. We're excited to further deliver on this commitment by innovating with a large, well-respected community of developers," said John M. Jack, CEO, Fortify Software. "By working with the Eclipse Foundation, we will provide Eclipse community developers with the means to deliver accurate, scalable security solutions that cover the life of an application, from development to testing to deployment.

Fortify Software products protect companies from the threats posed by security flaws in business-critical software applications. Its software security products, Fortify Source Code AnalysisSuite, Fortify Security Tester and Fortify Application Defense, drive down costs and security risks by automating key processes of developing and deploying secure applications. Fortify Software is backed by leading investors, including Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield & Byers, and a world-class team of software security advisors and partners. More information is available at http://www.fortifysoftware.com/.