Guardsquare acquires App-Ray and opens an office in Germany

“I am thrilled to announce the acquisition of App-Ray alongside the latest releases of iXGuard and DexGuard. Together, Guardsquare will uniquely be able to help our customers achieve maximum mobile application protection and increase their efficiency by extending security testing into all stages of the development lifecycle,” said Roel Caers, CEO at Guardsquare. “The acquisition furthers Guardsquare’s strategy and we are confident the acquisition and integrating this new functionally allows us to deliver an even better mobile application security offering.”

Industry-wide, development teams demonstrate a growing need for the ability to identify and resolve security gaps in mobile applications early in the development cycle to decrease the risk of releasing apps or software development kits (SDK) with security flaws. Guardsquare focuses on helping developers “shift left” and efficiently address security concerns before an app is released.

With the acquisition of App-Ray, Guardsquare will deliver an enhanced and highly efficient solution for optimal mobile application protection. In the coming year, App-Ray technology will be integrated into the Guardsquare platform and incorporated into existing products including ProGuard, the open source optimizer for Java and Kotlin, and DexGuard and iXGuard, which provide protection against reverse engineering and tampering of mobile applications and SDKs.

Now available in the new releases of both DexGuard and iXGuard, Guardsquare’s Protection Report helps security and development teams achieve reliable, robust, multi-layered app protection with minimal resources. The report is generated when an application is processed, grading and validating the application of code hardening and Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP) mechanisms against categories of common and impactful threats. If any concerns are identified, the generated report outlines steps to enhance protection, enabling development teams to take immediate action.

The acquisition and the release of the Protection Report aids in reconciling gaps in security, before the release of an app, in order to avoid implications that are extremely costly and time consuming to repair. Allowing developers to identify security issues, privacy breaches, and data leaks earlier in the development lifecycle prevents potentially disruptive revenue loss and devastating reputational damage.

To learn more about Guardsquare shifting left with the App-Ray acquisition and the latest enhancements to DexGuard and iXGuard, please visit: https://www.guardsquare.com/en...