OpenSphere Enables Comprehensive Audit and Protection Fabric through Bidirectional Integration of SecureSphere and 3rd Party Solutions

FOSTER CITY, Calif., Aug 28, 2007 – Imperva®, the leader in application data security and compliance, today announced Imperva OpenSphere, the industry’s first solution eco-system for delivering comprehensive data security and compliance solutions. OpenSphere enables organizations to deploy SecureSphere® solutions together with pre-integrated third party products, content and information feeds, delivery platforms and best practices. The result is that customers can create a customized and interlocking framework that increases the effectiveness and efficiency of their data security and compliance efforts. The first members of OpenSphere are Crossbeam Systems, Ounce Labs, and SenSage.

According to Gartner, Inc., “A variety of complementary and sometimes overlapping monitoring and analysis tools help enterprises better detect and investigate suspicious activity – often with real-time alerting or transaction intervention…But, each of these tools varies in the scope of monitoring source coverage and, while complementary, they don’t necessarily interoperate.”(1)

Four Categories of Integration

OpenSphere provides four points of integration that lay the groundwork for comprehensive and efficient data security and compliance deployment.

  • ContentIn – partners that contribute content such as best practice templates, application structure definitions, vulnerability data, etc. to tailor a SecureSphere deployment to a specific environment. Example: Ounce Labs.
  • InformationOut – partners that consume feeds such as assessment data, audit logs, and security events from SecureSphere to enhance the value of their own offering(s). Example: SenSage.
  • DeliveryOn – partners that build software or hardware platforms that SecureSphere runs on, allowing for deployment flexibility to match varying architectural requirements. Example: Crossbeam.
  • CompatibleWith – software or hardware platforms that SecureSphere supports, delivering the assurance that activity monitoring, audit and security functions won’t interfere with normal business usage. Examples: Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, IBM DB2, and Sybase.

“Data governance and protection solutions require a complex set of security and audit technologies that are not designed to interoperate and share data,” said Shlomo Kramer, president and CEO of Imperva. “We created OpenSphere to bridge the gap between these islands of technology and allow the bidirectional exchange of data and capabilities. The members of OpenSphere share a common goal: to help customers reduce the cost and complexity associated with securing application data and complying with regulatory mandates.”

Joining OpenSphere

For more information on joining Imperva OpenSphere please visit www.imperva.com/partners.

Imperva OpenSphere Partner Quotes

“Crossbeam is thrilled to participate in the OpenSphere initiative. As a pioneer in next generation security infrastructures, Crossbeam has learned that large enterprise and service provider customers demand best of breed, integrated solutions for their data centers. Through this powerful alliance, Imperva and Crossbeam are providing customers with both the best data and application security in the industry along with the peace of mind that they will have 100% uptime with the capacity to meet multi-gig performance requirements.”
– Throop Wilder, Founder and VP of Marketing, Crossbeam Systems

“Increased attack frequency and sophistication requires that today’s information security practices deliver multi-layered solutions to address security vulnerabilities. The combination of the Ounce source code analysis tool and the Imperva Web application firewall delivers a comprehensive and effective solution for joint customers concerned about securing their critical applications. As part of Ounce Labs ongoing efforts to promote security industry best practices, Ounce Labs will continue to support our customers’ needs for data security and compliance through industry alliances such as OpenSphere. The combination of open technologies, open discussion, and shared concern for customer data make these initiatives vital.”
– Hugh Scandrett, CEO of Ounce Labs

“SenSage is excited to join Imperva’s OpenSphere and to bring enhanced value to customers who face the daily challenge of protecting and securing their data. Our partnership with Imperva has delivered several successful deployments that allow our mutual customers to incorporate Imperva database activity monitoring information into a SenSage log management solution. The result is a more effective and efficient process for managing and analyzing the volumes of log data from multiple different sources that is needed for a complete data security and compliance solution.”
– Frank Bien, VP of Alliances and Product Management, SenSage

(1)Gartner, Inc., “Select the Right Monitoring and Fraud Detection Technology” by Mark Nicolett, Avivah Litan, Rich Mogull, Paul E. Proctor, June 28, 2007.

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About Imperva

Imperva is the leader in application data security and compliance. Leading enterprise and government organizations worldwide rely on Imperva to prevent data theft and abuse, and ensure data integrity. The company’s SecureSphere products provide data governance and protection solutions that monitor, audit and secure business applications and databases. For more information, visit www.imperva.com

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