Fortinet delivers virtual Web application firewall solution for Amazon Web Services

FortiWeb-VM extends protection to Amazon Web Services to help customers secure Web applications and meet compliance requirements

Amazon has launched the virtual machine version "FortiWeb" web application firewall on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Amazon said the FortiWeb helped in leveraging its AWS platform to provide tools to help its AWS customers worldwide protect their strategic Web applications is a key milestone of the business.

Terry Wise, head of worldwide partner ecosystem, Amazon Web Services said "Security is paramount at AWS and we work hard to ensure our partner ecosystem includes the strongest players in enterprise security. "In the cloud, security is a shared responsibility and therefore our customers look to deploy the same best of breed security solutions that they utilize on premise. We are excited to see Fortinet bring FortiWeb-VM to AWS."

FortiWeb-VM provides multiple protection layers against threats that target Web applications, including application signatures, HTTP RFC compliance, auto-learn-based violations and data leak prevention.

In addition, FortiWeb-VM automatically and dynamically profiles user activity to create a baseline of permissible activity. Its real-time data analysis capabilities provide an analytics interface that helps organizations understand their Web application usage and maps requests to their geographic location.

Unique to FortiWeb-VM is an integrated vulnerability scanner that provides detailed analyses of existing application vulnerabilities that complement its application firewall capabilities and is especially useful for PCI DSS compliance.

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