Building Security In Maturity Model (BSIMM) is a secure software development lifecycle model that grew out of scientific observations around software security practices at nine companies ranging from Adobe to Google, and Wells Fargo back in 2009.

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Its business now helps brands build relationships with customers and better manage and view the customer journey throughout the purchase lifecycle via their SaaS (software as a service) platform.

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Called "product lifecycle management" or PLM, the software links manufacturers with their suppliers and customers to share data about a product--from conception to junkyard (see table above).

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Called "product lifecycle management, " or PLM, the software links manufacturers with their suppliers and customers to share data about a product--from conception to junkyard.

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This "application lifecycle management"--or ALM--approach reflects the ways in which software has entered more parts of the company over the past decade, and how non-IT managers must also take on software-project responsibilities.

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The traditional IT model requires system engineering that binds most software to the hardware and does not provide an enterprise suite of functionality or allow for increased flexibility and a governed lifecycle of services.

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