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Barrier1  Stops SQL Injection Attacks

Hackers have changed their sight to SQL injection attacks. As of the end of 2008, SQL injection attacks have grown by over 50%. This style of attacks is not new but signals a change. In fact many experts are stating that SQL injection is the attack method of choice. Hackers and Cyber Criminals have their sites and resources on malware-laden URLs on the web.  The sheer size and volume of these attacks also indicates the lack of attention and protection organizations have placed on their web site and web applications. 

To stop SQL injection type of attacks requires new tools. The traditional Firewall, Anti Virus, URL filtering, and IDS run as independent process is not going to stop an SQL injection. SQL injection was designed to get around the traditional network security protections.  Most websites need to be public and therefore must allow public web traffic to communicate with your web application generally over port 80/443.  SQL is the only way the web application interacts with the Dbase.  That includes the relational dbases from Oracle, Microsoft Access, MS SQL, File maker Pro