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Provides 24x7 protection against application layer threats and satisfies compliance mandates

ATLANTA, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- SecureWorks(R), a leading Security as a Service Provider, today launched a Web Application Firewall (WAF) management and monitoring service that detects and blocks threats targeting Web applications found on corporate Web sites. Today's organizations rely on Web applications and Web 2.0 technologies to support key business processes and interact with consumers, partners, employees and other parties. With SecureWorks' Managed Web Application Firewall service, Web applications such as online shopping carts, login pages, forms and dynamically generated content (user ratings, forums, etc.) are protected against application layer attacks that bypass traditional network and host-based security controls. SecureWorks currently supports full lifecycle management, maintenance and monitoring of Imperva (R) SecureSphere(R) appliances as well as monitoring for other WAF appliances that organizations may have. Imperva is a market leading Web application firewall provider.

"Web applications are one of the fastest growing vectors of Internet attacks," said Corey Merchant, vice president of product management at SecureWorks. "Analyzing the attack data from over 2,000 clients, we've found that over 80 percent of all cyber attacks target Web applications. Our new Managed Web Application Firewall service will deliver optimum protection against application threats like SQL injection, cross-site scripting, session hijacking, etc."

Recognizing the risk that insecure Web applications present, several compliance mandates now require or recommend that organizations secure their Web applications and protect them from cyber attacks. For example, Requirement 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard v1.2 (PCI DSS v1.2) requires merchants and service providers to
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