Vadodra-based Indusface partners with NxtGen

The data storage company NxtGen has partenered with Vadodra-based Indusface. The tie-up is strategic in nature with the goal to advance application security for NxtGen customers to enable them to get instant return on investment (ROI) by accurate virtual patching of existing vulnerabilities on day one, backed by Indusface's Zero WAF false positive guarantee.

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. Indusface and NxtGen will also jointly enable round the clock monitoring by trained security experts.

"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", said Ashish Tandon, CEO and founder, Indusface.

More than 600 per cent growth in unethical hacking has 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.

Globally reports have indicated 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.