Coverity Announces New Partnership with Japan-based Distributor NRI SecureTechnologies

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 10, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Coverity, Inc., the leader in development testing, today announced a new partnership with NRI SecureTechnologies, Ltd. (NRI Secure), a Japan-based distributor of IT security solutions. This partnership combines Coverity's award-winning development testing platform, which enables organizations to build quality and security testing early in the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), with NRI Secure's deep expertise in building information security best practices into the SDLC, to further drive the adoption of development testing in Japan.

"We are seeing rapid adoption of development testing as organizations realize the need to build both quality and security software testing earlier in the development cycle. This partnership with NRI Secure combines our collective development and information security expertise to provide a complete solution for building security into the SDLC," said Matt Green, chief revenue officer for Coverity. "Adding NRI Secure to our global partner network will further extend our reach in the Japanese market to industries where we are experiencing high growth, including financial services, retail and government, and help further drive the adoption of development testing worldwide."

NRI Secure is a leading provider of information security solutions, and is one of the group companies of Nomura Research Institute, Ltd. Established in 2000, it examines information security at corporations from the aspects of technology and business management, and offers a one-stop service from consulting to solution implementation, training, management and surveillance.

"As software plays an increasingly important role in business today, it is critical that companies find and fix quality and security defects as early as possible in the SDLC," said Kotaro Kandou, General Manager of the Technical Consulting Service Department for NRI Secure Technologies. "By combining our expertise in information security with Coverity's industry-proven static analysis technology, we will enable Japanese companies to test their software source code as it is being written, enabling them to deliver high-quality, secure products and services to the market, faster and more efficiently."

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