With the continuing growth of cloud-based services, we are also seeing an increased concern surrounding the security of the data stored within those cloud-based infrastructures. If the same standard of security found in physical IT environments cannot be easily integrated to the cloud, enterprises will experience gaps in their security that could increase risk and expose sensitive data.
Knowing how important security is for our customers, we are excited to announce the integration of the Imperva Incapsula web application security and network protection service into our leading managed Hybrid IT Solutions offering.
With this partnership, we will be able to add cloud-based web DDoS and web application firewall (WAF) protection to the existing DDoS mitigation and hardware WAFs offered within our data centers; an ideal combination for protecting cloud assets. The new offering is an easily integrated, global solution that intelligently profiles incoming traffic in real-time to block even the latest web threats, from scrapers and spammers to sophisticated Injection and XSS attacks, as well as mitigating network and application DDoS attacks. In addition, outgoing traffic is accelerated and optimized through caching and optimization techniques.
Datapipe’s security and control for cloud-based applications now has the ability of the Incapsula service to mitigate DDoS and web application attacks in the cloud, where deployment of hardware based appliances are not possible. To learn more about key elements of the partnership, including how Incapsula will integrate with Datapipe, please see the press release here.
With this integration comes additional flexibility in how Datapipe can deploy and manage customized solutions, which means we can offer an even more consultative approach to an individual enterprise’s compliance or security needs. The service is fast and easy to plug in to an existing infrastructure and is cloud agnostic, allowing customers running on Amazon, Datapipe Hosted Private Cloud, or other public cloud platforms to take advantage of the added DDoS protection.
This new service is built to handle the largest volume-based attacks, such as SYN flood and DNS amplifications, and also mitigates sophisticated application layer attacks by implementing advanced and progressive challenge mechanisms. The service automatically and transparently mitigates DDoS attacks with minimum false positives, so that site visitors won’t know that the site is under attack. We are also offering real-time dashboards as part of this service to monitor & analyze attacks as they happen and features a dedicated 24/7 NOC, manned by experienced security experts, in order to ensure enterprise-grade uptime SLA when under attack.
Key offerings of the new service include:
- Automatic always-on detection & triggering of “under attack” mode
- Zero business disruption based on transparent mitigation with minimum false positives
- End-to-end protection against the largest and smartest DDoS attacks
- Provisioned without the need for hardware or software installation, integration or changes to the website
Datapipe has always delivered best-in-industry security standards to its customers and we’re proud to be one of the only providers in the market that can offer 100 percent overlap protection between your physical and cloud based infrastructure. We’re excited to enhance the solutions we’re already offering through our relationship with Imperva, a company that has industry recognition as a top WAF vendor, and that has also built a world-class network for DDoS mitigation. Many of our clients require their applications to be secure against a multitude of attacks – we are leveraging Incapsula to further strengthen our service.
This integration, coupled with the recent announcement of the Datapipe Access Control Model for AWS (DACMA), demonstrates Datapipe’s deep understanding and experience in effectively planning, building and running highly secure and available AWS environments for clients across the globe.
Be sure to check back next week for a guest blog post from Imperva’s own VP, Tim Matthews, who will be talking about the partnership from their perspective.
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