August 9, 2006; 06:03 AM Thinking Stone, a web application firewall specialist, announced
it had participated in the Forrester WaveTM: Web Application Firewalls,
Q2 June 2006 evaluation with ModSecurity, its open source web
application firewall product. The evaluation was conducted by Forrester
Research Inc., a leading independent research firm.
In the report ModSecurity was recognised as "the most widely deployed
web application firewall", with thousands of installations worldwide.
"We are very happy to have been invited" - said Ivan Ristic, CTO,
Thinking Stone - "It was a pleasure to be among the selected few web
application firewall products. It is also a recognition of the fact
open source is a viable business strategy. We remain true to our goal
to make the web application firewall technology available to everyone,
so even the smallest organisations can benefit."
The report cited ModSecurity as a Strong Performer and praised it for
its focus and consistency in design. The score card summary also
reported that ModSecurity's "stringent implementation standards" push
the market toward higher quality products.
About ModSecurity
ModSecurity is an open source web application firewall with thousands
of deployments worldwide. Its analyses the HTTP traffic in real time
for suspicious behaviour and signs of intrusion, so it can record,
detect, and prevent both known and unknown attacks against web
applications. It also records the HTTP traffic for forensic analysis.
When configured to work standalone it operates as a reverse proxy and
can be used to protect applications running on any web server.
Alternatively, it can be embedded directly into Apache web servers. Its
unique deployment position gives it full access to raw HTTP traffic,
even when SSL encryption and content compression are used.
ModSecurity is an open source product that can be freely downloaded and
used. Commercial support contracts are available, as are commercial
licences suitable for closed-source development models and OEM
distribution.
About Thinking Stone
Thinking Stone, based in London, UK, is a web application security
company, focusing on product development, research, and consultancy.
For more information visit http://www.thinkingstone.com.
Ivan Ristic
Founder & CTO
Thinking Stone Ltd.
Tel: +44 7766 508210
http://www.thinkingstone.com
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