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The Fortify Academic Program offers Fortify software products to qualifying sites for use as part of their course curricula. As a participant in the program, you teach students about static and dynamic application scanning using time-tested best practices and cutting-edge technologies. Professors build their lesson plans with application security tools and an experienced program sponsor so that students can obtain hands-on experience with industry-defining application security testing software, all at no cost outlay by the institution. Academics are empowered to expand their educational offerings and build high-demand cybersecurity skills into their programs.
You’re still in complete control of your curriculum, but now with the added capabilities of static and/or dynamic analysis. You’ll occasionally communicate with your Program Sponsor, at your convenience, and participate in occasional surveys. That’s it! You decide your level of involvement, we provide the tools and expertise to assist you.
The program provides two products with complimentary capabilities:
Talk to your Program Sponsor to understand additional Fortify capabilities.
How you educate isn’t up to us. Your Fortify Program Sponsor can guide you through product capabilities, offer advice with hands-on or virtual support, and work with you to understand what other successful universities are doing.
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Fortify Products that are part of the Micro Focus Fortify Academic Program
The two tools currently available through the Fortify Academic program are Fortify Static Code Analyzer (SCA) and Fortify WebInspect. These perform static and dynamic analysis, respectively. SCA scans source code in more than 24 languages for over 700 vulnerability categories through the command line, from a source folder, or as a build step.
WebInspect exercises running applications as a user would, probing for vulnerabilities using automation.
Fortify Program Sponsor
You will be assigned a Fortify employee who functions as your Program Sponsor. You decide your level of involvement, building your relationship with our application security expert on your terms. Your sponsor is the primary point of contact to assist you throughout the Fortify Academic Program and will contact you twice per semester at a minimum. Your sponsor can offer guidance and training in addition to their security expertise and business acumen.
Fortify Security Software and Licenses to use for teaching purposes
Once you are an approved participant, you can download your selected software products with a one-year license that begins the day of issue. Installation, integration, and operation are your responsibility, and your Program Sponsor is available to help ensure your success. The Micro Focus Fortify Educational License Agreement contains the legal terms of licensing. Your sponsor has direct communication with the Fortify Support Team for additional assistance.
Access to Fortify Resources