The award-winning, DefensePro real-time network attack prevention device from Radware (News - Alert) safeguards the application infrastructure against network and application downtime, application vulnerability exploitation, malware spread, network anomalies, information theft and other emerging network attacks. DefensePro uses a dedicated hardware platform which is based on Radware's OnDemand Switch supporting network throughputs up to 12Gbps.

Recently, this protection tool from the company earned the Common Criteria Evaluation Assurance Level (EAL) 4+ certification issued by the Communications Security Establishment Canada. To get this certification, a product has go through rigorous independent testing that covers all life-cycle aspects and security assertions, which begins with specification and ends with testing.

When a product gets this certification, it means that the product conforms to the International Standards Organization standards (ISO/IEC (News - Alert) 15408). An independent evaluation firm conducts and manages Common Criteria validation and is identified all over the globe in more than 20 countries. Some of the countries where this certification is recognized include the United States, Canada, Korea, Australia, and many countries in Europe, the company stated in a press release.

“The Common Criteria certification EAL 4+ provides users of security solutions with the confidence that the products and services they employ to protect their IT operations were rigorously tested and independently verified to meet industry standards," said Ziv Ichilov, DefensePro product manager, Radware. "We are very pleased to attain this certification, which is further proof of Radware's commitment to deliver the most advanced data center security solutions in the market today.”

Recently, TMC (News - Alert) reported that two U.S.-based social networks opted or Radware's award winning Attack Mitigation System (AMS) security solution, DefensePro. The solution will assist both the firms to safeguard their network infrastructures from potential cyber threats. The AMS includes award winning DefensePro and AppWall components that offer a set of security modules: Denial-of-service (DoS) protection, and Network Behavioral Analysis (NBA).