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.

In addition to comprehensive security for productive Web applications, the Enterprise Web Application Firewall offers easy-to-use central monitoring and reporting. hyperguard can be used in a highly flexible way and thanks to its cluster-compatibility and central, client-compatible administration, is also ideally suited to large, distributed Web infrastructures.