Web Application Firewall Management

Today's organizations rely on Web applications and Web 2.0 technologies to support key business processes and improve performance. As a result, Web application technology has become pervasive in the modern IT envi ronment, enabling interaction with consumers, partners, employees and other parties.

However, Web applications have also become a prime vector of attack for hackers and cybercriminals. To attack Web applications, hackers take advantage of attack vectors that bypass traditional network and host-based security technologies. According to Gartner, "80% of organizations will experience an application security incident by 2010." Because of this, it is essential for organizations to have application-layer security measures in place that protect Web applications as well as the underlying servers and databases that support them.

Regulators have also recognized the risk that insecure Web applications pose. Many compliance mandates including PCI, ISO 27001 and others now require organizations to secure their Web applications and protect them from attack.

Service Overview

To help organizations protect their web applications, SecureWorks' Managed Web Application Firewall service provides 24x7x365 management and real-time monitoring for Web Application Firewalls. Leveraging years' of security experience, our certified experts can support the entire WAF lifecycle including:

• Solution design and deployment
• Continuous tuning and configuration management
• Real-time event monitoring and analysis
• Maintenance, backup and recovery
• Performance and availability management
• Comprehensive security and compliance reporting

With our Managed WAF service, SecureWorks ensures your WAF appliances provide the highest degree of protection without interrupting legitimate business traffic to your applications. During implementation of our service, SecureWorks' experts perform extensive analysis of your application traffic and tightly configure WAF policies and rules. Once the service is turned up, our experts continuously review WAF performance and fine tune the appliances to deliver optimum protection against application threats including SQL injection, cross-site scripting, session hijacking and Web 2.0 attacks.

Service Features

• Inspection of all inbound and outbound application traffic including encrypted traffic
• Blocking of inappropriate or malicious application traffic
• Real-time, 24x7 security event monitoring
• Expert tuning and configuration management
• Ongoing performance and availability management
• On-demand reports via the SecureWorks Portal
• Unlimited and unmetered support from our certified experts

Contact SecureWorks or download our Managed Web Application Firewall Datasheet to learn more about this service.