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Cloud computing was not designed for security, although organizations such as Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) and Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) are making great strides in helping the industry solve the myriad security problems confronting cloud computing. The benchmark guidelines established by the CSA in the document, Guidance for Critical Areas of Focus in Cloud Computing, is a great first step. This white paper is intended to pick up where the CSA guide left off in terms of defining what a distributed web application firewall (dWAF) should look like in order to meet the standards set within the CSA document.
About Us In the News esecurityplanet March 5, 2010Security Vendors Show Innovation at RSA
On Wednesday, we mentioned that Cloud Computing security is the front-and-center focus of RSA 2010 and we took a look at the announcements from some of the biggest players. In this part of our RSA coverage, we’re bringing you announcements from some of the other innovative vendors.
Web application firewalls are also moving into the cloud. Regensburg, Germany based art of defence has a distributed web application firewall (hyperguard dWAF) that is architected in a modular fashion by separating the policy enforcement points and policy decision points. Back in November 2009, the company announced that hyperguard™ SaaS was available, via Amazon Machine Image (AMI), to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Solution Providers Program.