Network World : HP's Fortify buy puts spotlight on obscure -- but important -- niche

"Analysts say moves by tech leaders HP and IBM should boost flagging demand for application security tools.
Hewlett-Packard's move this week to buy Fortify software focuses attention on the increasingly important, but still mostly underutilized category of application security products, security experts say." ~ Jaikumar Vijayan

http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/081810-hps-fortify-buy-puts-spotlight.html?hpg1=bn

This should be a help for many corporations and may actually help the individuals as well. If they test their software using it as well. But this should be a evocation of the need for companies to check into their security prodiucts and make sure they are up-to-date and working properly. This should also be a reminder to those regular people out there that they also should do a check up on their security.