Start-up source-code security technology developer Fortify Software scored a major triumph on Tuesday as Oracle announced plans to use Fortify’s tools to seek out holes in Oracle’s database and ...

The company, which operates out of the Menlo Park, Calif., offices of lead investor Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, has shipped tools that let developers scan for security problems as they work.

Oracle, recently under fire from security researchers for the state of its product security, is further automating its bug-checking process. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based enterprise software maker ...

Security experts have long maintained that secure coding practices make for secure business applications. To that end, Fortify Software Inc. in Menlo Park, Calif., this week will join a small group of ...