WebDefend(TM) Earns High Praise from SC Magazine
Breach Security, Inc. announced today that its flagship WebDefend web application security appliance is featured in the “First Look” review of the February 2008 issue of the leading IT security publication, SC Magazine. WebDefend received high praise for detecting and blocking attacks, as well as identifying flaws in web application design and implementation.
Written by Peter Stephenson, technology editor for SC Magazine, the review designated WebDefend as a “one-stop shop for managing web application security in the production environment.” The review further concluded, “If you are using active web content, such as online banking applications, you cannot afford to be without this product.”
According to the review, “The key to WebDefend’s success is twofold. First it is not inline. That means that although it sees everything, it presents no latency threat. The second key is that it is a well-thought-out, two-way analysis tool consisting of several analysis engines that communicate with both the web applications and the protection devices, such as firewalls . . . This cooperation allows the device to tell the firewall to sever a connection before damage or exfiltration of PCI-regulated data can occur.”
WebDefend assesses the web application in its production environment and detects insecure and flawed application design techniques that go unnoticed by scanners. The entire application is assessed and any runtime defects can be detected immediately by the security team before they are exploited by hackers. In addition, security teams can bridge the software development lifecycle gap by generating help tickets for defect remediation.
“Hackers have learned that large volumes of valuable information can easily be siphoned off of web applications that are used to manage online purchases and other vital transactions,” said Mike Pierce, CEO, Breach Security, Inc. “The SC Magazine review does an excellent job of highlighting how WebDefend provides a highly effective level of security for these critical applications and why that is important for any company doing business on the web.”
The entire text of the WebDefend review can be seen at http://www.scmagazineus.com/.