StarLink Announces Partnership with Veracode

Information Security Solutions Leader to Distribute Veracode's Cloud-based Application Security Solutions across Middle East, Turkey and Africa.

Wednesday, March 16, 2016 - Dubai, UAE - StarLink, the region's trusted security-specialized "True" Value-Added-Distributor (VAD), has today announced that it has signed a distribution agreement with Veracode, an application security solutions provider. This agreement enables StarLink to provide partners and customers the opportunity to benefit from the world’s leading application security solution. 

Veracode’s automated cloud-based service safeguards applications for more than 1,000 organizations worldwide, including three of the top four banks in the Fortune 100 and more than 27 of the world’s top 100 brands. The company is widely recognized for its demonstrated innovation, strong reputation for service quality, and broad set of automated services delivered on a single scalable platform.

Through this agreement, StarLink partners and customers will have access to Veracode’s platform, providing centralized policies, metrics and reports while simplifying information sharing across global teams. The offerings provide solutions for: Secure Web Application Development, Web Perimeter Security, Software Supply Chain and Security, Mobile Application Security.

“Information security must transform to meet the needs of a user- and application-driven world. Today’s enterprises are beginning to realize that applications are not created with security in mind, resulting in a major area of risk,” said Nidal Othman, Managing Director at StarLink. “This partnership enables StarLink to provide access to the world’s leading application security solution.  The Veracode solution is simple, scalable and provides organizations a way to secure web, mobile and third-party applications across the software development lifecycle.”

Veracode was named a leader in Gartner Inc.’s 2015 “Application Security Testing Magic Quadrant” for the third consecutive year, based on the company’s completeness of vision and ability to execute in the application security testing (AST) market.

About Veracode

Veracode is a leader in securing web, mobile and third-party applications for the world’s largest global enterprises.  By enabling organisations to rapidly identify and remediate application-layer threats before cyber-attackers can exploit them, Veracode helps enterprises speed their innovations to market – without compromising security.

Veracode’s powerful cloud-based platform, deep security expertise and systematic, policy-based approach provide enterprises with a simpler and more scalable way to reduce application-layer risk across their global software infrastructures.

Veracode serves hundreds of customers across a wide range of industries, including nearly one third of the Fortune 100, three of the top four US commercial banks and more than 20 of Forbes’s 100 Most Valuable Brands.