There are two main open-source web firewalls: ModSecurity and IronBee. Ivan Ristic has been involved in both. He first started work on ModSecurity some ten years ago and was soon joined by Ryan ...

It seems that there is "mod_security" in the module that makes Apache secure. It is a mechanism that is classified as so-called Web Application Firewall (WAF), but it is very powerful. Filtering is ...

What is more important than Web security? No matter how advanced your firewall, how compartmentalized your network and how strong your encryption, it all comes crashing down if your Web applications ...

In this edition of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at security products that will guard against threats without robbing your kitty. Data security is always top of mind for CIOs and CSOs, ...

nginx is the web server that's replacing Apache in more and more of the world's websites. Until now, nginx has not been able to benefit from the security ModSecurity provides. Here's how to install ...

Data security is always top of mind for CIOs and CSOs, and there is no shortage of challenges when it comes to picking the right tool for the job. With network and software vulnerabilities growing at ...