What is dotDefender?
Websites and internal web applications allow users to access business-critical information and services. To defend these valuable assets, web applications need advanced protection against hacking, fraud and other emerging threats. dotDefender protects organizational resources by adding a dedicated security layer to existing network security measures.
dotDefender provides an effective immediate solution for the following challenges:
- Data Theft
- Site Defacement
- Website Content Manipulation
- Impersonation
- Access Control Violation
- Regulatory Compliance
dotDefender is a software-based web application firewall installed on your server. Unlike a hardware firewall that only tracks the traffic as it reaches your server, dotDefender tracks and analyzes the data as it moves through your application. dotDefender is designed to inspect the data and provide robust protection against attacks such as SQL injection, cross-site scripting, path traversal, and many others.
With dotDefender:
- Protect websites and intranet applications
- Secure a variety of platforms with a single product
- Customize security settings for each website or application
- Integrate application security with monitoring and management systems
dotDefender also helps companies become PCI compliant by satisfying various portions of PCI DSS Requirement 6 - Develop and maintain secure systems and applications.
Features:
- Full support for Apache on a variety of Unix/Linux platforms, IIS, and Microsoft ISA Server.
- Receive real-time information about attempts to attack your website
- View detailed statistics about attackers and attack attempts
- Receive automatic updates for detecting new threats
Advantages:
- Gain insight into your web application security posture
- Detect and learn about insider attacks
- Fully customizable; easily add your own rules and choose where to apply them
- Protect your applications without degrading the performance on your server
