SecureSphere Standard Edition Web Application Firewall Delivers Award-Winning Automated Security for Smaller Organizations
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 6, 2008 – Imperva®, the leader in application data security, today announced the release of SecureSphere Standard Edition (SE), a new model of its multi award-winning SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) that is tailored to meet the requirements of mid-market enterprises. SecureSphere SE provides the automated protection and transparent inspection capabilities of its larger siblings in a form factor geared to mid size datacenters.
According to Gartner, adoption of WAFs among mid-market enterprises is accelerating, “Smaller enterprises — which typically do not have ADCs (Application Delivery Controllers) — and enterprises whose security organizations are not willing to depend on the security functionality included in network operational equipment represent the second-most-important growth area for WAFs, after enterprises with PCI compliance requirements.”
On the Web, mid-market enterprises face the same threats as businesses with larger IT staffs and budgets, including SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF/XSRF). These mid size enterprises must also meet regulatory requirements imposed by the PCI Data Security Standard, Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPAA, and other mandates. SecureSphere SE makes WAF technology accessible to these organizations, and was designed for easy deployment by IT departments with limited resources.
Drop and Deploy, with Low Maintenance
Created for businesses with limited IT budgets and staffs, SecureSphere SE can be deployed quickly and uses patent-pending Dynamic Profiling technology to learn application behavior and automatically create security policies. Unlike traditional WAFs, SecureSphere does not require intensive ongoing manual tuning or configuration. Using a unique combination of positive and negative security models, SecureSphere SE prevents attackers from exploiting unknown and unpatched vulnerabilities in both commercial and custom developed web applications. It can be managed by just one or two administrators.
To simplify regulatory compliance reporting, SecureSphere SE includes pre-packaged reports for specific business applications and regulatory mandates including PCI DSS, SOX, HIPAA, and others. In addition, SecureSphere SE receives continuous signature updates developed by experts at the internationally recognized security research organization the Imperva Application Defense Center (ADC).
“The SecureSphere Web Application Firewall is a battle-hardened platform that is protecting over 4,500 organizations worldwide and has won more than 20 industry awards in the past five years,” said Shlomo Kramer, CEO of Imperva. “SecureSphere SE makes these same industrial strength web application security capabilities available in a form factor that is accessible to mid-market enterprises.”
Pricing and Availability
SecureSphere SE Web Application Firewalls are available immediately from Imperva and its business partners worldwide. Pricing starts at $15,000 USD.
About Imperva
Imperva, the Data Security leader, enables a complete security lifecycle for business databases and the applications that use them. Over 4,500 of the world’s leading enterprises, government organizations, and managed service providers rely on Imperva to prevent sensitive data theft, protect against data breaches, secure applications, and ensure data confidentiality. The award-winning Imperva SecureSphere is the only solution that delivers full activity monitoring from the database to the accountable application user and is recognized for its overall ease of management and deployment. For more information, visit www.imperva.com.
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