Following an email back from James McGlinn, I would like to announce that 
CodeScan Labs (New Zealand-based) has launched new security tools for 
investigating and exposing vulnerabilities on both PHP and ASP developed 
websites. 

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CodeScan Labs Releases PHP Source Code Vulnerability Scanner 
New Zealand Security Company Continues Ongoing Success   

AUCKLAND, 28 Aug. 08 – CodeScan Labs (CodeScan Limited, has released CodeScan 
version 1.5 for PHP (Automated On-Demand Web Source Code Analysis) onto the 
world stage, and will shortly be releasing for global sales. CodeScan Labs is a 
world leader in on-demand security audits of Web Application Source Code. 
(www.codescan.com) 

Until recently, web application security has traditionally been evaluated 
through “penetration testing” of the application from the Internet. While this 
has a large number of benefits, the full application security is not really 
tested at the point where the security should be implemented, in other words, 
at the Source Code level. “Security at the Source” addresses this, and the 
release of CodeScan Developer PHP complements the CodeScan Developer ASP 
product, which is in full production. 

CodeScan will not only be used by developers as part of the software 
development lifecycle but by businesses as an assurance tool, allowing 
companies  and consultants to test for security weaknesses in source code 
already in production with high levels of accuracy and performance. It provides 
audit trails that record when the security audit was performed; what 
vulnerabilities were uncovered; and how an organisation should fix them. It 
also provides methods for “healing” the vulnerable source code. 

Peter Benson, Chief Executive Officer of CodeScan Labs advises “The release of 
our PHP version of CodeScan Developer has been greatly anticipated, and is an 
exciting development for our company in heading towards the forefront of Source 
Code Security analysis for the millions of web sites and applications running 
ASP or PHP. 

Benson goes on to say, “This is a huge milestone for us, and a significant 
complementary service to add to our portfolio. With this service offering, we 
have demonstrated once again that we can create world-class and world-leading 
software, and can now offer global security solutions to businesses, reducing 
the hassle and complexity of manual source code inspection and security audits. 
This release firmly positions CodeScan Labs on the world stage as a global 
security researcher, leader and visionary.”

"CodeScan has very quickly proven the success of the automated model for 
security auditing," adds Benson. “As pressures of security compliance on small 
companies as well as large enterprises continue to intensify, the opportunities 
for this market are unlimited. We are excited to be a part of leading this 
continued growth and expansion and look forward to helping take the company to 
a global level in this market."

About CodeScan Labs
CodeScan Labs is a world leading Information Security Research and Development 
company based in New Zealand. CodeScan Labs focuses on security vulnerability 
research and specifically security vulnerabilities that can be identified at a 
source code level. 

The solutions of CodeScan Labs are focussed around our CodeScan Developer 
products, with initial release of our CodeScan Developer .ASP product on 1 July 
2005, with .PHP released September 2008. 

PHP support for Oracle, SQL Server, and DB2 will be released in late September 
2008. Other web application software languages and Enterprise class 
functionality are currently undergoing development. 

CodeScan enables companies to audit their web applications for security 
weaknesses by focussing on testing at the source code level. This has huge 
advantages over traditional penetration or web application testing, by testing 
“Security at the Source”.  

More information on CodeScan Labs is available at: www.codescan.com 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CALL:
•       Peter Benson, CEO, CodeScan Labs, 
•       Telephone: +649 309 7650
•       Email  [EMAIL PROTECTED] 

Chip Dawson
International Business Development
Codescan Labs
PO Box 106-402
40-42 Eden Crescent
Auckland, New Zealand 1143
P:+649 309 3902
F:+649 309 7651
Cell: +64 27 496 3820
E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
W: www.codescan.com
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