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Breaking News -
Security:
Forum Systems' Web Services
Firewall To Stop Hidden Threats
Forum Systems Inc, a leader in Web services security, announced another
industry first with the XWall Web Services Firewall. Unveiled on stage at DEMO
2004, XWall launches a new class of XML Intrusion Prevention (XIP) solutions,
the only way stop a new breed of Web services-related threats before they
enter the network, ensuring the integrity and availability of critical
business applications. XWall changes the economics of Web services security by
providing both small- to medium-sized businesses and Fortune 500 enterprises
instant and affordable protection without a sophisticated security
infrastructure.
"This is not Web server security -- this is Web services security. XWall
leapfrogs today's firewalls to protect the automated Web where new hidden
attacks can sneak right through. Forum's vision for this new class of Web
Services Firewalls at the edge of the network allows enterprises of all sizes
to break free from current complexities and costs for immediate protection.
Forum is one of the most influential companies of 2004 because every firewall
needs an XWall," said Chris Shipley, executive producer of DEMO 2004.
Every Web site is becoming a Web service. Everyone from Yahoo! to SMBs is
adopting it for simplified online customer service and supply chain
applications. Leading analysts project it will be the dominant model for new
development projects in 2004. But Web services magnify security threats
because they fling the network door wide open to all outsiders. Unfortunately,
network and application firewalls are blind to Web services. Every company and
individual is at risk to a new breed of hidden XML viruses, denial of Web
service attacks and data invasions that are far more dangerous than any we
have seen.
Web services, utility computing, .NET, CPU harvesting and distributed
computing are just a few of the technologies that fall under the Grid
computing umbrella. Gt04 -- a premiere enterprise Grid computing conference
targeting industrial and commercial users -- will gather experts, and outline
strategies and road maps for Grid deployment. For more information, visit
www.gt04.com.
Grid computing is here!
"In this automated Web, machines have permission to access information and
execute on it with no human intervention. Imagine the damage of 'MyDoom on
steroids.' Web services security must be intelligent and pervasive -- and
accessible to the masses," said Wes Swenson, president and CEO of Forum
Systems.
Ray Wagner, research director at Gartner Inc, predicts that Web services
deployments, especially those that interface with popular off-the-shelf
enterprise applications, will suffer from the regular discovery of significant
security vulnerabilities and from numerous automated attacks through at least
2006.
"Malicious people will find ways to misuse and attack Web services. Web
services allow the hidden transmission of executables and other malicious
content and current standards don't address this problem. Perimeter security
controls must evolve as quickly as enterprise Web services to detect and
neutralize unplanned use."
"Companies are realizing that Web services security issues aren't solved
simply with trust-side gateways for extending internal identity management
systems to Web services applications," said Ronald Schmelzer, senior analyst
with ZapThink LLC. "Forum's XWall XML Intrusion Prevention extends beyond
these measures to provide a pioneering approach to threat-side firewalls at
the network edge as the first step to Web services security, accelerating what
we predict will be a $4.4 billion industry by 2006."
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