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In the News :: Press Releases ::
WhiteHat Security Enhances its Sentinel Service to Increase Website Security and Simplify Remediation Management Software-as-a-Service Platform Upgrades Solidify Position as Only Effective Approach to Ensure Ongoing, Comprehensive Website Security SANTA CLARA, CA.—February 19, 2008 — WhiteHat Security, the leading provider of website vulnerability management services, today announced enhancements to its WhiteHat Sentinel Service. The latest Sentinel release provides advanced reporting to facilitate remediation, on-demand vulnerability retest and integrated Q & A features, as well as a Web-based API that enables customers to integrate Web threat findings into the website development process. Sentinel’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platform offers enterprises a better way to effectively measure, monitor and manage website vulnerability remediation as part of a holistic approach to security. New Features Offer Greater Prioritization and Flexibility; Simplify Vulnerability Remediation Process WhiteHat has also added a Q&A function to the service, a component that would not be available without the SaaS platform. Customers submit questions based on specific vulnerabilities, which are stored in the thread associated with the vulnerability information and remains accessible to development teams across the globe. This support feature creates an interactive environment for a company’s developers and allows others with similar questions to benefit from the information, creating a company-specific archive of website vulnerability history and an educational tool. WhiteHat Sentinel’s API Enhances the SDLC, Enabling Developers to Manage Vulnerabilities “With today’s websites changing by-the-minute and new threats appearing daily, organizations needs a cost-effective, easy way to manage the overall website security problem,” said Bill Pennington, vice president of services, WhiteHat Security. “As the largest provider of website vulnerability management, we have continual access to the latest threats, giving Sentinel customers the flexibility to address them within the service quickly. The enhanced WhiteHat Sentinel Service offers a simplified approach to ongoing vulnerability remediation to help maintain the integrity of your websites. Delivering our service in a SaaS model is significant, since this approach is the only way to get true and complete protection for even the largest enterprises.” SaaS: A Proven Model for Complete Website Vulnerability Management High-profile breaches, customer diligence, and regulatory compliance mandates such as PCI have driven demand for vigilant website security. It is an area of IT security that businesses of all sizes and industries have in common. As today’s enterprises struggle to implement proven methodologies and practices for securing their sites, SaaS is emerging front and center. A SaaS solution ensures greater access to the most up-to-date technology and the ability to scale as a business changes and grows which is crucial since attack vectors and vulnerabilities are always changing. “Why security SaaS? There are a number of factors influencing its growth,” said Nick Selby, senior analyst and director, enterprise security practice, The 451 Group, a technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation, in his report. “First, companies have realized that maintaining multiple layers of security technology requires a level of attention and a range of skills that they’d rather not have to pay for if they don’t have to. Handing off those functions to a company to manage in the cloud is an attractive offer: it saves headcount and the infrastructure costs of managing it yourself.” This comment appeared in an independent report, titled “2008 preview – Enterprise security,” which was published on December 13 of 2007 (see Editor’s Note below). WhiteHat Security is actively and continuously assessing the mission critical Web applications of more than 100 major corporations, totaling more than 600 applications. WhiteHat offers the most comprehensive solution to satisfy PCI 6.6, the Payment Card Industry’s most recent standard aimed directly at protecting custom Web applications. WhiteHat Sentinel’s revolutionary vulnerability detection methodology effectively assesses for all 24 classes of vulnerabilities identified by the Web Application Security Consortium’s (WASC) threat classification. WhiteHat Sentinel is currently available in two service levels, Standard Edition (SE) and Premium Edition (PE), for an annual subscription fee with tiered pricing based on the number of Web applications. Contact the WhiteHat sales office at (408) 343-8300 for more information. About WhiteHat Security, Inc. All product and company names are trademarks of their respective companies. Contact: Editor’s Note: The 451 Group’s report, “2008 preview – Enterprise security” referenced above, is an independently-produced report that was neither sponsored by nor otherwise funded directly by WhiteHat Security. The report and its entire contents are the sole property of The 451 Group, copyright 2007, and are reproduced here by permission. The entire contents of this report are available at www.the451group.com. ###
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2007 Press Release Archive ›››
“With today’s websites changing by-the-minute and new threats appearing daily, organizations needs a cost-effective, easy way to manage the overall website security problem,” said Bill Pennington, vice president of services, WhiteHat Security. “As the largest provider of website vulnerability management, we have continual access to the latest threats, giving Sentinel customers the flexibility to address them within the service quickly. The enhanced WhiteHat Sentinel Service offers a simplified approach to ongoing vulnerability remediation to help maintain the integrity of your websites. Delivering our service in a SaaS model is significant, since this approach is the only way to get true and complete protection for even the largest enterprises.” |
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