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The curse of PCI for WAFs

Submitted by Ofer Shezaf on 11 January 2010 - 12:30am
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An enlightening case study presented by ArgoWorks, an Armorlogic reseller, highlights the benefit that PCI brings to the WAF market but also the its curse.

When asked why he bought a WAF, the director of application technology at Southern Utah University admitts that the reason was PCI. PCI is a very common reason for implementing a WAF and as such is usually considered as a boon to the WAF market. 

Agilent uses Imperva to protect and monitor web applications

Submitted by Ofer Shezaf on 2 November 2009 - 11:33am
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SearchSecurity is running a story about Agilent use of WAFs. Agilent bought WAFs for PCI compliance but found that they are very useful for providing insight to data flow and sensitive information in the organization.

Note that while the story is interesting, it seems to be initiated by the Imperva marketing team whos WAFs are used by Agilent.