| Developers: | Barracuda Networks |
| Date of the premiere of the system: | May, 2018 |
| Technology: | Firewall |
2018: Announcement
On May 16, 2018 the Barracuda Networks company announced a cloud service for information security support of websites and applications. The solution represents the firewall of the application layer which is specially focused on Internet-applications (web application firewall) and offered as service (without installation on computer systems of clients).
The service under the name Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service provides protection against cyber attacks of the seventh level, DDoS attacks, implementations of the SQL code, vulnerabilities of "zero day" and from among OWASP Mobile Top 10, the attacks using XML or JSON, etc.
Developers claim that the solution constructed on the checked security technologies of web applications of Barracuda simplifies and accelerates protection deployment. Software developers can use it already at a stage of creation of a product and further, reducing or at all eliminating need to manually test the code.
Barracuda WAF-as-a-Service allows to control and configure completely security policies for each application. The basic level of protection includes automatic correction of vulnerabilities, and it is possible to use previously created templates for protection of popular applications, like WordPress and SharePoint. Templates if necessary can be adjusted.
In the press release of the producer it is emphasized that WAF-as-a-Service provides protection of web applications of the corporate level and saves money of clients as they do not need to unroll the cybersecurity equipment and to manage it.
The service uses Barracuda Vulnerability Remediation Service (BVRS) technology by means of which IT administrators can keep track and automatically eliminate vulnerabilities of web applications.
Commenting on start of WAF-as-a-Service, analysts of Gartner noted that demand for service offers, including IaaS grows that creates for market participants, like Barracuda, not only additional risks, but also opportunities for growth and creation of new products.[1]
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