Herzeliya, Israel - (The Hosting News) - July 29, 2008 - Web application security provider, Applicure, has released version 3.8 of its advanced web application firewall software solution, dotDefender.

Sophisticated mass SQL injection attacks infecting thousands of websites every day, require that new tools and techniques protect company websites and the corporate information that drives them. With dotDefender v3.8, Applicure's goal is to empower its growing global customer base by providing them with effective web application protection.

Vlad Friedman, CEO of Edge Web Hosting noted, ''Edgewebhosting customers demand mission-critical performance from our recommended solutions. Applicure understands that performance, reliability, and scalability are issues where there can be no compromise. Applicure is delivering a next-generation, enterprise-ready application firewall solution, further allowing our company and our customers to derive business value and extend their ability to comply with payment card industry requirements. Edgewebhosting's decision to endorse Applicure further demonstrates our commitment to provide our customers with a dedicated application security product that complements our existing network security. Edgewebhosting is pleased to partner with Applicure in bringing dotDefender 3.8 to our customers.''

The new version offers high-quality application layer protection, with minimal maintenance efforts and low server resource utilization, all affordably packaged for the hosting marketplace.

With dotDefender v3.8 hosting providers will have the most effective answer to hacking attempts, with advanced monitoring and management capabilities and simplified attack prevention analysis.

Yaacov Sherban, CEO of Applicure remarked, ''The next due date for PCI compliance will be in January 2009 and we see a growing demand for application security solutions, especially from mid size e-commerce companies who usually do not host their own servers. dotDefender 3.8 provides granular security capabilities for servers with hundreds of hosted sites, and monitoring capabilities for hundreds of dedicated servers, from one single management console. The enhancements will enable our hosting partners to provide their clients the best application security solution as part of their managed services.''
New users will get immediate access to the new version at http://www.applicure.com for a 30 day free full-function evaluation. Current users will be able to upgrade to dotDefender v3.8 free of charge.

Applicure Technologies Ltd develops multi-platform web application security software products designed to protect web servers and internal applications from external and internal attacks. Built upon years of research into hacker behavior, Applicure solutions feature a comprehensive knowledge base to identify attacks accurately, and stop them before they reach the website or application. Applicure's flagship products dotDefender and dotDefender Monitor are deployed internationally and serviced by offices and distributors in the US, UK and Israel. Founded in 2004, and listed on the Tel Aviv stock exchange in April 2007, Applicure is headquartered in Herzeliya, Israel.

To learn more, please visit: www.applicure.com.




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