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SECURITY INNOVATION ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF
SECOND COMPREHENSIVE TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER GUIDE
Wilmington, MA - February 18, 2008 -
Security Innovation, the authority on application security and leading
independent provider of risk assessment, risk mitigation and training
services, today announced the release of the development team guide Team
Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server (Dec. 2007,
Microsoft). This guide focuses on learning techniques and strategies to
make the most of Microsoft’s Team Foundation Server.
Written by experts at Microsoft Corporation and Security Innovation’s
Vice President of Security Services, Jason Taylor, this collaborative
guide provides development organizations a comprehensive set of
guidelines and best practices for the effective use of Visual Studio,
Team Foundation Server. Team Development with Visual Studio Team
Foundation Server documents real-world success patterns for team build,
source control, project process and server deployment, illustrating how
to incrementally adopt the Team Foundation Server into the organization.
“Development organizations have had to sift through product
documentation, blog posts, support sites, and make use of Microsoft
consultants to gather enough information to be successful with Team
Foundation Server. This guide provides a one-stop location to learn
field-proven best practices for the deployment and use of Team
Foundation Server,” said Jason Taylor. “Team Foundation Server is an
excellent tool for companies looking for the most integrated approach to
the development process and project management. Using this comprehensive
guide, development organizations can more effectively use all aspects of
Team Foundation Server to develop code more efficiently and
effectively.”
Pricing and Availability
Team Development with Visual Studio Team Foundation Server is published
by Microsoft Press and is available on Amazon.com for $49.99 in
paperback. A free online copy of the guide is available for download at
http://www.codeplex.com/TFSGuide
About Jason Taylor, vice president of security services, Security
Innovation
Jason Taylor leads the strategic direction and delivery of technology
and services for North America at Security Innovation. He has spent his
career focused on application development and testing with a primary
focus on application security. His leadership and unrivaled
understanding of application behavior provided the impetus for Security
Innovation’s industry pioneering fault injection tool, Holodeck
Enterprise Edition, and critical enhancements to the company’s security
services and technology. Mr. Taylor is the visionary and designer of
Security Innovation’s “Creating Secure Code” course and manages a
world-class Security Engineering Team on projects for major clients such
as Microsoft, HP, RSA, Symantec, ING and GE.
Prior to joining Security Innovation, Mr. Taylor served as test
architect, security lead and development manager at Microsoft for
various releases of Internet Explorer and Windows. He was the first
member of the Internet Explorer security test team, and as the security
team lead, he grew it from a solitary operation to the leading
application security test team at Microsoft. Later, he built the Test
Model Toolkit which became the standard model-based testing tool at
Microsoft, winning a Best Practice Award along the way. Mr. Taylor is an
external reviewer, contributor and primary author for Microsoft patterns
& practices security guidance. He received his C.S. degree from Montana
State University.
About Security Innovation
Security Innovation, Inc. is an independent application security firm
that offers education, risk assessment and risk mitigation solutions to
Fortune/Global 500 and enterprise IT organizations. Leading companies
such as Adobe, Cisco, Fidelity, IBM, ING, HP, Microsoft, Visa, SAP,
Symantec, VeriSign and government agencies, rely on Security
Innovation’s expertise to gain confidence in the security of
applications they build and/or acquire, and facilitate the technology,
process and management change necessary to mitigate security risk. The
company is headquartered in Wilmington, Mass., with offices in
Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Seattle, Wash. For more information about
Security Innovation, visit www.securityinnovation.com or call
+1.978.694.1008.
Contacts
Davida Dinerman or Nicole Glidden
Schwartz Communications, Inc.
(781) 684-0770
sisecure@schwartz-pr.com
