Secure Software, a recognized leader in application security,announced today that it will sponsor a free webinar for improving application security practices. Online registration is available at www.securesoftware.com/resources. The webinar will highlight industry perspectives from Andrew Jaquith of Yankee Group as well as provide essential activities for strengthening corporate application security programs. Participants will better understand how to meet compliance demands and protect corporate assets. Based on the success of Secure Software's http://www.securesoftware.com/services, the event will identify ways to integrate software security in existing development processes and provide real-time business benefit through the identification and remediation of critical security vulnerabilities in source code. "One of the biggest challenges facing enterprises today is how and where to incorporate in the build process fundamental activities that will immediately improve an organization's application security practices to yield compliance," said Andrew Jaquith of Yankee Group. "Secure Software's Accelerator program is a proactive approach to application security that enables corporations to introduce essential activities that can be easily adopted by security and quality stakeholders to meet compliance requirements." Secure Software and Yankee Group are presenting this webinar in response to customer demand on how to improve compliance for pressing mandates such as PCI standards within the financial services industry. The event will highlight activities that can effectively address the growing number of exploits within business-critical enterprise applications. All recommendations follow proven best practice methodologies within the software development lifecycle (SDLC).About Secure Software- Secure Software, based in McLean, VA, provides solutions and services that enable customers to architect, design and deploy secure enterprise software applications, a rising and critical need. The company is uniquely differentiated by its ability to integrate proven best practices, customer enablement programs and http://www.securesoftware.com/products that find and remediate security flaws for business-critical applications. For more information, visit www.securesoftware.com.