Network security provider Fortinet has unveiled integrated web application and XML firewalls for enterprises, application service and Cloud-based service providers, that provides protection against attacks targeted at web applications and web services infrastructure.
The company said that its each appliance – the FortiWeb-1000C and FortiWeb-3000C – is equipped with the new FortiWeb 4.0 MR1 firmware that is designed to provide protection for web applications containing sensitive data subject to Payment Card Industry (PCI) guidelines.
Fortinet said that its new offerings blunt potentially crippling attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting, and help prevent security breaches from exposing sensitive data loss such as credit card numbers and personally identifiable information.
The new Web firewalls provides policy wizard and pre-defined policies, advanced alert tool and enhanced protocol constraints. They distribute traffic and route content across multiple web servers, to preserve optimal web application performance.
Michael Xie, founder, CTO and vice president of engineering at Fortinet, said: "Customer demand for more powerful web application infrastructure security is soaring due to a combination of evolving attacks, security breaches, regulatory compliance and web defacement incidents.
"The addition of the FortiWeb-1000C and FortiWeb-3000C appliances to the FortiWeb product family directly addresses this demand. These new platforms can play a pivotal role in helping preserve the security and uninterrupted operation of our customers’ web application infrastructures."
