Tuesday | 7 July, 2009
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Stories about: Point Software Technologies

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    Web App Firewalls: How to Evaluate, Buy, Implement 11/06/2009 07:00:00

    A Web application firewall (WAF) is designed to protect Web applications against common attacks such as cross-site scripting and SQL injection. Whereas network firewalls defend the perimeter of the network, WAFs sit between the Web client and Web server, analyzing application-layer traffic for violations in the programmed security policy, says Michael Cobb, founder of Cobweb Applications, a security consultancy.
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    Software tightens loose network endpoints 14/12/2004 12:32:41

    If you manage IT for a government organization -- be it federal, state, or local -- you don't have the luxury of waiting to harden your network defenses, unlike IT managers of commercial enterprises. Public agencies are legally accountable for safeguarding the information they have on their computers, so you must protect that information to avoid serious consequences.
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    Security group sets baseline standard for firewalls 10/11/2004 08:33:43

    Four security software rivals are have teamed up to set a baseline standard for application security firewalls, challenging others in the industry to join them.
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    Feeling vulnerable? Try assessment tools 27/07/2004 08:54:34

    It was a requirement that come June, high-volume merchants and payment processors that do business on the Web and want to work with MasterCard International had better have conducted quarterly vulnerability assessments of their Web sites. MasterCard warned last year that it won't do business with them otherwise.
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    Olympic net gets gold security protection 01/12/2003 08:55:28

    Imagine spending three years and millions of dollars to plan a campus-style LAN for 10,500 PCs and 900 servers, knowing it would only be in place for three weeks, with thousands of TV and magazine reporters watching to see if it works?
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