NxtGen selects Indusface to secure its Customers applications
New Delhi, India, August 19, 2014: NxtGen and Indusface have announced a strategic partnership to advance application security across NxtGen’s cloud infrastructure to secure its customers from cyber threats and DDoS attacks. All NxtGen customers are expected to benefit from this partnership, enabling them to get instant Return on Investments by accurate virtual patching of existing vulnerabilities on day one, backed by Indusface’ s Zero WAF false positive guarantee.
Indusface will enable its portfolio of security-as-a-services for NxtGen customers of all sizes to help detect, defend and protect against application vulnerabilities. As per the terms of the partnership, all NxtGen customers will receive a free application security assessment that provides them visibility into the risk levels of their data center applications. Customers can then procure, at special terms Indusface’ Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution to fix application vulnerabilities. IndusGuard WAF is the industry’s first to offer a zero WAF false positive guarantee (i.e. no obstruction of legitimate web traffic).Indusface and NxtGen will also jointly enable round the clock monitoring by trained security experts and 24X7customer support for all the services offered.
More than 600% growth in unethical hacking1has been registered in India alone. The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) reported 22,060 incidents of web security breach in 2012, which grew to 71,780 incidents in 2013, an incremental increase. So far this year, 62,189 breaches such as phishing, scanning, spam, malicious code and website intrusions, etc have been reported.This partnership is significant given the vulnerable security environment today. Global research reports indicate that the number of data breaches, both experienced and reported is expected to continue to rise in 2014, with new security threats and regulations pushing for more transparency on the horizon.
CEO & Founder of Indusface Ashish Tandon said, “We are pleased to have forged this partnership with NxtGen – Businesses today need the agility to continuously identify security issues and take the necessary steps to mitigate threats. With Indusface customers can gain unprecedented visibility into the security vulnerabilities in their environments to take the appropriate remediation actions to safeguard their critical assets at all times. Gartner emphasizes that 75% of cyber attacks take place at the web application layer. In our experience almost 8 in 10 critical vulnerabilities remained unpatched for more than 30 days, permitting dangerous exposures, hampering efficiency and usability”.
A.S. Raj Gopal, Managing Director & CEO, NxtGen Datacenter & Cloud Technologies said, “For a majority of organizations today, their core applications run on IT platforms either co-located off premise, in the cloud or on-premise (e.g. via NxtGen OPDC type of solutions), and their security and uninterrupted availability determines major business outcomes. Indusface’ Security-as-a-service offering helps us to scan, identify and mitigate web app vulnerabilities and associated data integrity risks seamlessly. It brings an unparalleled combination of scalability and simplicity to web app security. Our deployment of IndusGuard WAF ensures that NxtGen systems are maintained to the level of security and regulatory compliance that customers need and demand”.
A.S. Raj Gopal further added, “We have seen customers welcoming this partnership. All NxtGen external sites and over a dozen customer applications, hosted by NxtGen, have already benefited from Indusface’s application security solutions and services.”
