You are here: silicon.com > Resources > White Papers > Security > Intrusion - Tampering > Firewalls

Firewalls White Papers

Importance of Web Application Firewall Technology for Protecting Web-Based Resources

Tags:
firewalls

Overview Web-based applications and services have changed the landscape of information delivery and exchange in today's corporate, government, and educational arenas. Ease of access, increased availability of information, and the richness of web services have universally increased productivity and operational efficiencies. These increases have led to heavier reliance on web-based services and greater integration of internal information systems and data repositories with web-facing applications. While motivations of attackers against a victim's corporate and organizational assets remain the same (financial, IP, identity theft, services disruption, or denial of service, for example), web applications enable a whole new class of vulnerabilities and exploit techniques such as SQL injection, cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and cross-site request forgery, to name a few.

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Cybertrust	File Format	PDF
Date Published	January 2008	Downloads	1
Format	White Papers
Topics	Security Tools, Firewalls

Did you find this white paper useful? 2 out of 7 users found this white paper useful

Security flaw threatens Cisco website

Securiteam.com, an online security portal, issued an advisory which said: "The vulnerability would allow attackers to cause users to view third-party malicious JavaScript or HTML code as if it were the legitimate content offered by Cisco.

Channel:
Security Strategy

Real media players open doors for hackers

RealNetworks acknowledged on Wednesday that three flaws affecting different versions of its media player could allow attackers to create corrupt music or video files that, when played, take control of a victim's PC.

Channel:
Security Strategy
Tags:
real

US uni tells students to dump IE

Other attackers have targeted IE vulnerabilities to launch viruses. Even though attackers target IE because of its near ubiquity, malicious code writers are widening their reach. She added that changing browsers is one of many ways to defend...

Firefox open to exploit code attacks

The attacker could then use that information to engage in identity theft or gain access to other password-protected sites that the victim visited. Two vulnerabilities in the popular Firefox browser have been rated "extremely critical" because...

MasterCard scandal: More details emerge

While millions of accounts were potentially accessed by the attackers, the investigation into the theft has found that records covering about 200,000 cards were transferred outside the CardSystems network, the spokeswoman said.

Web 2.0 threat looms

XSS is one of the top 10 web application vulnerabilities identified by the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP), along with injection attacks and malicious file execution. Because it can allow attackers to run code in the user's browser...

Virtualisation: Architectual Considerations and other Evaluation Criteria

In the past several years, server virtualisation technology has moved quickly and firmly into the IT mainstream. Of the many approaches to system virtualisation available in the market today, VMware's hypervisor architecture has gained the greatest market acceptance. This paper examines the architectural issues, solution support, and enterprise readiness required when deploying such a virtualisation solution.

Publisher:
EMC

Getting Started with Master Data Management

Master data management forms part of an overall enterprise governance program that aims to establish trusted data throughout the enterprise. This white paper from Mike Ferguson of Intelligent Business Strategies defines master data, examines why it is needed, and explores methodologies for implementing master data management.

Publisher:
DataFlux

Optimising Storage with Global File Virtualisation

This white paper will provide an overview on how Rainfinity Global File Virtualisation virtualises unstructured data environments and moves data -including active, open files-without disruption to users or applications. Rainfinity is the only enterprise-class file virtualisation solution, and delivers complete NAS optimisation across geterogeneous environments, such as NAS, CAS, and file servers.

Publisher:
EMC

Also on silicon.com

Site Navigation:

Firewalls White Papers

Importance of Web Application Firewall Technology for Protecting Web-Based Resources

Quick Sitemap Links:

About Us

Search

Blogs

Verticals

Advertising Features

CNET Networks in Europe

CNET Networks in the United States

CNET Networks in Asia Pacific