Synopsys to acquire Quotium's IAST product, Seeker

Seeker complements the Coverity platform's static analysis technology by testing and analysing applications in run-time, providing customers with a broader solution to detect and remediate security vulnerabilities and better protect business data from application attacks.

By accelerating adoption of security testing technologies into the software development lifecycle, customers across industries such as financial, health, energy and retail can get to market faster with increased stability and certainty. This is the second announcement Synopsys has made in the past six weeks about extending further into the software security market. On the 20^th April, Synopsys announced that it signed a definitive agreement to acquire Codenomicon. 

The Quotium Seeker solution is a pioneering solution for IAST that helps businesses find high-risk security weaknesses while fostering collaboration between development and security teams. The Seeker solution exposes vulnerable code and ties it directly to business impact and exploitation scenarios, providing a clear explanation of risks. Gartner, positioned Quotium in the 'Visionaries' section of the Magic Quadrant for Application Security Testing based largely on the innovative IAST capabilities available in Quotium's Seeker solution.