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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY /
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Breaking News -
Security:
XWall Web Services Firewall Adds
Protection To Oracle 10g
Forum Systems Inc, a leading provider of trust management and threat
protection Web services security solutions, announced its XWall Web Services
Firewall now supports Oracle Database 10g and Oracle Application Server 10g to
provide additional security for production Web services and Grid applications
against known and unknown SOAP and XML vulnerabilities.
Organizations implementing enterprise-wide application servers and
databases
to deploy applications may be at risk to the growing class of security threats
targeted at Web services and XML transactions -- including XML viruses, denial
of Web service attacks and data invasions -- that today's network firewalls
are blind to. For example, malicious users can use SOAP message
vulnerabilities to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) attack against application
and database servers. As back-end applications become Web services-aware, it
is increasingly critical to proactively protect against these new
vulnerabilities.
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!
XWall with XML Intrusion Prevention (XIP) complements Oracle's existing
identity management security functionality to help identify and stop
intruders, malicious activity and errors within SOAP and XML messages. With
this partnership, customers can seamlessly share identity information to
manage threat protection and trust management security policies together in
one integrated WS-SEC framework.
"Oracle is always at the forefront of secure, enabling technologies. With
Web
services and Grid computing enabled by Oracle Application Server 10g and
Oracle Database 10g, enterprises are able to build next-generation
applications using the world's most powerful and extensible platform. As a
Partner in the Oracle PartnerNetwork, we are pleased to work with Oracle to
make enhanced security an easy and proactive element of these new
environments," said Wes Swenson, president and CEO of Forum Systems.
XWall is the industry's first Web Services Firewall with XML Intrusion
Prevention (XIP) -- the only way to protect against hidden Web services
threats. XWall dynamically enforces the security, integrity and availability
of Web services with a rules-based engine for setting comprehensive perimeter
policies:
- XML Intrusion Prevention (XIP) detects and prevents against malicious
use.
- Web Services Control decides "who, what, where and how" can gain
access.
- Web Services Data Integrity to check XML and SOAP messages for data and
format conformance.
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