With the acquisition of Fortify Software, HP will offer a complete, market-leading solution that helps organizations reduce business risk, meet compliance regulations and protect against malicious application attacks by integrating security assurance seamlessly across the application life cycle.

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But web application security caught up and a well-defined set of practices now exists to protect sensitive data.

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Users can protect themselves by carefully reading any message that asks them to download an application, or safer still, setting their phone to only allow downloads via the Android Marketplace.

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