Last week Imperva, an application data security provider, announced that it was selected by Japan’s Fuji Television Network to monitor its databases monitoring and help it comply with Japan’s Financial Instruments and Exchange Law – the Japanese version of the Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) Act. Imperva’s SecureSphere(R) Database Monitoring Gateways (DMG) software will be implemented.

According to the news release,

SecureSphere enables Fuji TV to meet internal governance and database security requirements with zero impact on performance… [by providing] an automated reporting system that simplifies and reduces the cost of documenting and demonstrating J-SOX compliance.

It goes on to mention that Fuji TV selected SecureSphere for its ability to:

(1) Impose zero impact on the existing production environment
(2) Support transaction intensive networks and applications without affecting performance
(3) Provide comprehensive database auditing and security capabilities

Back in July, the Domain Name and Web Hosting service GoDaddy.com also announced that it initiated Imperva’s SecureSphere Web Application Firewall (WAF) for SOX compliance purposes and to insure that the company’s Quick Shopping Cart application continues to enable businesses to quickly and easily create and manage ecommerce sites in a secure manner.

In 2007, Imperva was named to Red Herring’s Top 100. Here’s a link to a 2007 Red Herring video interview with Imperva’s Co-Founder and CEO, Shlomo Kramer.

IT professionals should consider Imperva’s SecureSphere product line for robust and scalable security solutions.

Company Facts
Founded in 2002.

Headquarters in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Shlomo Kramer, Co-Founder and CEO. Also co-founded Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. in 1993.

Amichai Shulman, Co-Founder and CTO.

Products: Web Application Firewall, Database Monitoring Gateways, Database Security Gateway and more.

Website: www.imperva.com.

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