Digital Defense Inc. (DDI), a provider of information security governance, risk management, and compliance solutions, and Veracode, a provider of the world's only independent cloud-based application risk management platform, have announced a strategic partnership to offer clients enhanced and comprehensive cloud-based security solutions.

The addition of Veracode's services to DDI's portfolio allows DDI to broaden the scope of the vulnerability information it offers customers by providing additional levels of analysis of the application layer, "which is becoming the target of most new attacks," according to Pamela Cyr, senior vice president of business  development and strategic alliances of Veracode.

DDI utilizes its Frontline Solutions Platform, a cloud-based vulnerability management system, and Veracode's cloud-based application testing platform, to provide clients with enterprise-wide management and analytics of vulnerability scanning and penetration testing results.

DDI delivers vulnerability scanning and penetration testing outputs to clients from a secure information management portal that is configured to best support the needs of each client. Scan and penetration test results reporting as well as workflow management of detected security vulnerabilities are available via the portal, including the business risk associated with each host, further optimizing the execution of risk mitigation plans.