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    Preventing SQL injection attacks: A network admin's perspective  Nov 6, 2009
    WAFs can provide protection beyond that of traditional network firewalls and intrusion detection/prevention systems. Many WAFs, like those produced by and , can help prevent attacks such as SQL injection, and others that target flaws in application logic or technical vulnerabilities in software ... The latest WAFs can recognize evasion techniques exploited by attackers using SQL injection, such as obfuscating the attack by encoding portions of the injected command. (Search Security, MA)

    GlobalSCAPE launches product upgrade  Jun 18, 2009
    has released the latest version of its Wide Area File Services (WAFS) software which now includes support for new applications and enhancements for collaboration and data replication performance ... GlobalSCAPE presented key aspects of this WAFS release at the last Autodesk University Worldwide User Conference and Exhibition in Las Vegas, says Jeff Gehring, GlobalSCAPE vice president of sales. (San Antonio Business Journal, TX)

    Cybersecurity Best Practice: Guilty Until Proven Innocent  Mar 13, 2009
    We re seeing Web application firewalls ( WAFs ) trying to ease this burden by doing the application-layer input validation in a separate security component (installed and configured by the security team), but that s not a long-term solution for all sorts of good reasons. Anti-virus scanners. (eSecurityPlanet)




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