Author: Sabrinath Vasu

Web application firewalls help monitor, filter and protect web applications from malicious attacks and unwanted internet traffic, including bots, injection and application-layer denial of service (DoS).

The WAF will help you establish and manage rules for avoiding internet threats, includin  cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection file inclusions, SQL injection, brute force attacks etc.

Web application firewall are deployed to protect web-facing applications and collect access logs for compliance, and analytics.

In computer security, a DMZ (sometimes referred to as a perimeter networking) is a physical or logical subnetwork that contains and exposes an organization’s external-facing services to a larger untrusted network, usually the Internet.

The purpose of a DMZ is to add an additional layer of security to an organization’s local area network (LAN); an external attacker only has access to equipment in the DMZ, rather than any other part of the network. The name is derived from the term “demilitarized zone”, an area between nation states in which military action is not permitted.

Most firewalls are network-level security devices, usually an appliance or an appliance in combination with network equipment. They are intended to provide a granular means of access control at a key point in a business network.

Privileged access management (PAM) consists of the cybersecurity strategies and
technologies for exerting control over the elevated (“privileged”) access and permissions
for users, accounts, processes, and systems across an IT environment. By dialing in the
appropriate level of privileged access controls, PAM helps organizations condense their
organization’s attack surface, and prevent, or at least mitigate, the damage arising from
external attacks as well as from insider malfeasance or negligence.

Endpoints – the laptops, workstations, and other devices we use on a daily basis – are a easy target for attackers. They’re everywhere, prone to security vulnerabilities, and difficult to defend. 2017’s WannaCry attack, for example, is reported to have affected more than 230,000 endpoints across the globe. Endpoint Detection and Response (EDR) is a fast-growing category of solutions that aim to provide deeper capabilities than traditional anti-virus and anti-malware solutions.

From Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) to file less malware, organizations today face a range of cyber-threats that legacy security products simply miss. Attackers have become highly adept at outmaneuvering signature-based protections like anti-virus software and Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS). Every device that connects to a network is a potential attack vector for cyberthreats, and the rising popularity of mobile devices and remote work erodes the effectiveness of perimeter-based defenses like firewalls.