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2019 has been a very special year for Netsparker, as we celebrated our 10th anniversary. For the past 10 years, our revolutionary web vulnerability scanner has been helping organizations of all sizes worldwide to eliminate vulnerabilities, reduce costs, and embrace automation. We’ve also been busy with industry events, security research, whitepapers, and blog articles – so please join us for a look back at this year’s highlights and most popular content. Read More

South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications conducted research and trials for a web application scanner to solve their internal and external security needs. They chose Netsparker because of its ease of use, superior accuracy, support knowledge base, meaningful reports and responsive team, enabling quicker security fixes. Read More

Enis Hulli from Glocal interviews Netsparker CEO Ferruh Mavituna on what inspired him to start Netsparker, and the key points in Netsparker’s development from startup to market leader. Ferruh plots Netsparker’s target market, biggest competitors, current traction and future prospects. They also examine current security needs of tech companies. Read More

This month, Netsparker celebrates its 10th birthday. In those 10 years, we’ve grown into a market leader and have helped hundreds of organisations along the way. Our Netsparker editions have developed significantly in this decade to respond to different security threats and the need to scale up for enterprises. Thanks for joining us on the journey! Read More

In this interview, CTO Eric Wright outlines why Netsparker's straightforward installation and configuration process was one of the main reasons inFactor selected it as their web application security scanning partner. Read More

This article examines how Facebook has stored hundreds of millions of users’ passwords in plain text since 2012. On Hack Naked News #212, Netsparker security researcher Sven Morgenroth talks about the origin of this news story, the statistics involved, the security problems it has created for Facebook and its users, and what they can do about it. Read More

Ferruh Mavituna is interviewed about Netsparker by Help Net Security. The interview focuses on how Netsparker accurately identifies web application vulnerabilities without false positives using its unique Proof-Based technology, prioritizes fixes, prevents bottlenecks in development, discovers services, and deals with the growing problem of scalability. Read More

From March 2019, Netsparker Standard will support the OAuth2 authentication framework. This new feature means that users will now be able to configure scans for websites that require OAuth2 authentication. This is one of the March 2019 Updates for the new release of Netsparker Standard 5.3. Read More

From February 2019, Netsparker Enterprise will be able to conduct fully approved compliance scans to check the security of your public websites against Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council requirements. If your websites pass, you will receive a compliance report. PCI scans are managed alongside regular Enterprise security scans. Read More

Netsparker announces a new feature for Netsparker Enterprise that provides integration for resolving and reactivating JIRA issues according to scan result, in addition to automatic issue creation. Netsparker Enterprise achieves this new support for further issue synchronization by webhook support, which detects status changes in your JIRA issues. Read More

Netsparker announces a new feature for Netsparker Enterprise that provides integration for resolving and reactivating FogBugz issues according to scan result, in addition to automatic issue creation. Netsparker Enterprise achieves this by webhook support, which detects status changes in your FogBugz issues. Read More

From December 2018, Netsparker will report similar vulnerabilities in groups rather than individually. This means that vulnerability reports will be shorter, simpler and more accurate. It also means that the task of fixing vulnerabilities will take less time and effort. Read More

Netsparker announces a new feature for Netsparker Enterprise that acts as an application and service discovery tool. Netsparker Radar – Application & Service Discovery Service enables you to locate your enterprise's online collateral, websites and services, which you can then add to Netsparker to scan, helping you reduce threats and increase security. Read More

Netsparker announces a new integration capability between Netsparker Enterprise and GitLab. GitLab is a web-based Git repository manager that provides CI/CD pipeline features, enabling you to add CI configuration to your source control using just one file, and gain access to our advanced integration functionality. Read More

Ferruh Mavituna is interviewed about the growing success of Netsparker, and how Netsparker has anticipated and adapted to some of the largest trends in the digital transformation. Netsparker's focus on web apps, cloud based environments, and scanning to scale, all contribute to its success, as well as its core focus on automation and accuracy. Read More

Sumeru Solutions is an software development company that makes banking and information security solutions, and mobile apps. They selected Netsparker to automate and speed up their web scanning processes because of its rapid configurability, ease of use, reliability, lack of false positives, and ability to handle a larger range and scale of products. Read More

Ferruh Mavituna chatted with John Dasher at the RSA Conference 2018 about Netsparker's powerful ability as a tool to find web application security vulnerabilities accurately, quickly, early, and automatically, in a way that brings scalability, visibility and connectivity to the entire security scanning process, from planning to product deployment. Read More

Press Release | Netsparker Recognized with the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade Category 2018. Read More

Press Release | We surveyed international C-Level Executives about their compliance plans for the EU's upcoming GDPR. This update contains the survey results, which shows that affected companies are serious about compliance and aware of the costs involved. It also reveals those industries that are most affected and those that are least prepared. Read More

Press Release | We are delighted to announce that an investment of $40 Million by San Francisco-based growth and private equity fund, Turn River Capital, will accelerate product development, marketing and sales team expansion, and acquisitions at Netsparker to support the increased enterprise level demand for web application security software. Read More