Tokyo Electron Limited (TEL; Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President: Kiyoshi Sato) has entered into a distribution agreement with Imperva, Inc. (Head Office: Foster City, California, U.S.A.; President & CEO: Shlomo Kramer) to market the latter's SecureSphere data security products in Japan. Sales will begin on July 4, 2006.
Imperva's SecureSphere data security products, which are appliances to be installed on networks, are designed to monitor and block internal and external unauthorized access to and operation of sensitive information saved in data centers, such as customer and settlement information.
SecureSphere products protect corporate Web sites that facilitate e-commerce and other transactions against attacks such as SQL injectionswhich allows information on a database to be accessed by entering a false command that causes an application to malfunctionor cross-site scripting. They also protect important data on database servers, such as on intranets, from being leaked by detecting and blocking the release of data through either improper access to servers or misuse of authorized access by internal users.
The four SecureSphere products are as follows:
SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) Protects Web applications.
SecureSphere Database Security Gateway (DSG) Monitors SQL queries made on databases and blocks unauthorized access to databases.
SecureSphere Database Monitoring Gateway (DMG) Monitors SQL queries made on databases.
SecureSphere MX Management Server Performs unified management of multiple appliances and offers reporting functions.
Product features are as follows:
High-precision detection
Extremely precise detection of attacks can be implemented by correlating and comprehensively examining information from positive security (white list) and negative security (black list), and from a variety of detection modules (firewalls, IPS, protocol examination, Web firewalls, Web service firewalls, database firewalls).
No negative effects on the system
Unlike conventional application firewalls, each SecureSphere product enters a network as a bridge, not as a proxy. Not only do the products not require changes to the network configuration or applications, but also they have high processing capabilities (multi-gigabit throughput and up to 16,000 transactions per second).
Reduction of operation workload through minimal configuration
Each SecureSphere product automatically learns the Web applications and database environments it monitors continuously in real-time (dynamic profiling), and automatically creates a policy. In addition to reducing the labor and time for administration, such as adjustments and settings, the products also prevent the administrator from forgetting to alter the policy when changing the application.
Flexible installation
It is not necessary to change the current network or application settings.
Support system
TEL offers maintenance support menus, including maintenance 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
About Imperva (http://www.imperva.com/)
Imperva is the leader in data security for the data center. The award-winning SecureSphere product line provides data security, auditing, and regulatory compliance for sensitive financial and identity data in corporate data centers. SecureSphere monitors and audits database activity as well as protects databases against insider abuse and external data theft via web applications. Deployment requires no changes to existing infrastructure and no manual tuning. Imperva SecureSphere is deployed in leading financial, healthcare, and retail organizations around the globe. Led by Shlomo Kramer, a Check Point Software Technologies founder, Imperva is privately funded by Accel Partners, Greylock Partners, US Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates.
