WhiteHat Security announced enhancements to its WhiteHat Sentinel Service. The latest Sentinel release provides advanced reporting to facilitate remediation, on-demand vulnerability retest and integrated Q & A features, as well as a Web-based API that enables customers to integrate Web threat findings into the website development process.

    Sentinel's Software-as-a-Service platform offers enterprises a better way to effectively measure, monitor and manage website vulnerability remediation as part of a holistic approach to security. WhiteHat has also added a Q&A function to the service, a component that would not be available without the SaaS platform. Customers submit questions based on specific vulnerabilities, which are stored in the thread associated with the vulnerability information and remains accessible to development teams across the globe.

    WhiteHat Sentinel allows customers a new, customized way to rank their sites based upon a scoring system that combines the business value of each site with the severity and threat of an individual vulnerability. The end result allows customers to prioritize remediation and ensure that the most critical vulnerabilities are fixed first. WhiteHat Sentinel's API enables customers to integrate WhiteHat's vulnerability data with their critical development software and security information systems. This makes it easier than ever for development teams to work with existing interfaces and tools for accessing and managing Web application vulnerabilities.

    Additionally, developers can initiate their own retests of vulnerabilities discovered by Sentinel from within their preferred software platforms, saving them valuable time. This is critical for large enterprises that have a broad range of websites with development teams spread out across geographical areas that all need access to vulnerability information. Sentinel's integration with tools and platforms that manage the SDLC delivers significant financial and time savings and simplified management, allowing developers to avoid repeating the mistakes that enable the easy exploit of today's worst vulnerabilities.

    As a SaaS platform, WhiteHat Sentinel rounds out a customer's security ecosystem and reduces the burden of staying current on the latest Web application vulnerabilities and attack vectors. Because Sentinel is software delivered as a service, updates and enhancements are delivered as often as weekly without long delays between versions. High-profile breaches, customer diligence, and regulatory compliance mandates such as PCI have driven demand for vigilant website security. It is an area of IT security that businesses of all sizes and industries have in common.

    WhiteHat Sentinel brings website vulnerability management under control by finding vulnerabilities before hackers do, enabling corporate security and development teams to focus on remediation and attack prevention. For any company conducting business on the Web, WhiteHat Sentinel is the ideal solution to ensure the security of customer and corporate data, maintain regulatory compliance, and safeguard brand integrity.