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IBM Security Systems Cisco empowered developers and QA personnel to test applications and address security issues prior to deployment, with IBM® Security App. Scan® “App. Scan helped us create a self-service model. We could take the product and put it in the hands of the developers and QA testers so they could identify and fix security vulnerabilities before production. ” Sujata Ramamoorthy Director, Information Security Cisco Business Problem: Security teams are often responsible for the security of thousands of applications; but don’t have enough security experts on staff to handle the workload. It was a problem that Cisco faced several years ago. With a small security team and an application portfolio of nearly 2, 500 applications, security staff worried they were becoming a “bottleneck” in application security. Solution: Using IBM® Security App. Scan® Enterprise, Cisco empowered developers and QA personnel to test applications and address security issues before deployment. Benefits: Drove a 33 percent decrease in number of security issues found, reduced post-deployment remediation costs significantly, freed security experts to focus on deep application vulnerability assessments. Featured Security Offering: IBM® Security App. Scan® Enterprise Link to Case Study: Cisco Case Study 2 © 2014 IBM Corporation

IBM Security Systems IBM® Security App. Scan® Enterprise software enables WVU to protect sensitive student data and reduce the risk of data breaches “After doing our research, we determined that IBM was leader in the field of dynamic application scanning. ” Alex Jalso Business Problem: WVU sought to provide developers across the university with a standard, centralized solution for scanning web applications for vulnerabilities. IBM® Security App. Scan® Enterprise software enables WVU Assistant Director, Office of Solution: to perform concurrent scans and provide users with a web-based Information Security, solution for identifying and fixing security issues. West Virginia University Benefits: WVU has performed increasing numbers of scans each year, but the number of vulnerabilities identified has decreased by an average of 60 percent, showing an improvement in web application quality. Featured Security Offering: IBM® Security App. Scan® Enterprise Link to You. Tube Video: How West Virginia University Protects Sensitive Student Data 3 © 2014 IBM Corporation