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Vanilla Forums Expands Hosted Security with Runtime Application Self-ProtectionVanilla Forums, a leading provider of cloud-based community software, today announced the implementation of Runtime Application Self-Protection (RASP). For brands turning to the cloud, this is the most advanced way to provide security assessment and protection capabilities automatically, without any changes required to the way software is developed, tested, or deployed. "In short, RASP integrates security controls into our application's runtime code instead of in a web application firewall (WAF) that sits in front of the application," explained Tim Gunter, VP Operations at Vanilla Forums. "Because the security measures are incorporated into the application, they do not need to rely on general heuristics to detect and mitigate threats. Instead, RASP uses machine learning to understand of how the application should handle requests, taking action automatically when requests would result in unexpected behaviour." How does this impact Vanilla's hosted customers? When conitions are met, RASP can intercept a suspicious request and apply a number of protection measures. RASP's protection measures include the following:
RASP functions as an in-application firewall, identifying traffic being processed within the application instead of on the perimeter. RASP provides a detailed view of the activity within our platform, given insight into our application logic, configuration and data flows with high accuracy. In the future, for more security-minded enterprise customers, Vanilla will be offering an enhanced RASP security package that includes a real-time threat dashboard at certain subscription levels. All hosted customers already have a basic level of RASP in place. About Vanilla Forums More than ever, consumers of content, goods and services want a voice within a community that shares a common interest. Vanilla's cloud-based community software is the enterprise standard used by top brands to better engage customers, drive loyalty, empower advocates and reduce support costs. Founded in 2009, Vanilla started as an open source project. Today, Vanilla powers 2 billion brand and consumer interactions each year. Visit https://VanillaForums.com to learn more. Read the Vanilla Forums Blog: http://blog.vanillaforums.com. Follow Vanilla Forums on Twitter (News - Alert): http://twitter.com/vanilla.
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