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October 22, 2013

Web Security Manager Built for Amazon Web Services

By Ashok Bindra, TMCnet Contributor

Security-as-a-Service (SaaS (News - Alert)) solutions provider Alert Logic has announced the availability of its Web application firewall (WAF), Web Security Manager, on Amazon Web Services (AWS). According to Alert Logic, the Web Security Manager, along with Threat Manager and Log Manager, provide a comprehensive suite of security & compliance solutions for AWS customers, who can now take advantage of hourly or a monthly billing directly from Alert Logic.



The developer said that Web Security Manager protects cloud environments by blocking Web application attacks, such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting, with a combination of signature-based detection and application behavior profiling, stopping unauthorized application activity before an attack compromises an application.

Unlike CDN-based cloud WAFs that rely on simplistic blocking policies, Web Security Manager provides the same full WAF functionality previously available only in traditional environments, said Alert Logic. Additionally, it auto-scales the same way as the application it protects.

Furthermore, to optimize protection and relieve users of a critical but challenging function, the company also offers ActiveWatch services that provide 24x7 management by experienced Web application security analysts.

In a statement, Misha Govshteyn, chief strategy officer & co-founder at Alert Logic, said, "With the launch of Web Security Manager, Alert Logic makes available a full enterprise-ready suite of Security-as-a-Service solutions built for the cloud."

"Now enterprises with cloud-enabled IT infrastructures can leverage all of our cloud-based web security & compliance solutions engineered for easy implementation through AWS," Govshteyn added.  

Terry Wise, director for AWS’ Worldwide Partner Ecosystem indicated that the addition of Web Security Manager enhances the company’s shared-responsibility security model and gives customers additional security capabilities and convenience via the AWS on-demand, pay-as-you-go cloud infrastructure.

Alert Logic said that the offerings for AWS builds on the powerful foundation of AWS that customers like Chargify, a recurring billing management company, use. The company will launch Web Security Manager to further protect its Web applications in the AWS cloud.

The Web Security Manager delivers inline protection of web applications from dangerous cyber threats such as SQL Injection and Cross Site Scripting, along with full coverage of OWASP Top Ten attacks. Using a combination of both positive and negative security models, Web Security Manager blocks malicious traffic while allowing legitimate traffic to pass unaffected.




Edited by Alisen Downey
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