Web application lockdown

摘要

Companies looking to avoid the disgrace of los-ing confidential customer data via a compromise of publicly accessible Web applications should seriously consider deploying a Web application firewall. eWEEK Labs reviewed two of the most recent releases: Imperva Inc.'s SecureSphere 3.3 Dynamic Profiling Firewall and Kavado Inc.'s Defiance TMS. Although Web application firewalls add layers of complexity and cost to the public network, they provide in-depth and accurate protection for Web applications-isolating prob- lems that traditional firewalls and IPSes (intrusion prevention systems) miss.