BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee Safeguards Private Health Information with Imperva.FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- SecureSphere to Provide Unified, Automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. Protection Against Web Application Attack, Database Breach and Worm Infection Imperva, Inc., the developer of the world's first Dynamic Profiling Firewall, today announced that BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . (BCBST BCBST BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee (Headquartered in Chattanooga, TN) BCBST Brigade Command and Battle Staff Training program ) is using SecureSphere Dynamic Profiling Firewall to secure its Web applications and databases from internal and external threats. SecureSphere provides protection for the applications and databases housing sensitive member information, supporting BCBST's commitment to safeguarding the private health information of their members and associates, as well as helping BCBST to demonstrate appropriate compliance to privacy and security regulations. SecureSphere is currently protecting BCBST's entire online presence (www.bcbst.com), which includes portals for members, employees, providers and brokers. SecureSphere is also protecting a variety of internal and external applications as well as database systems from a variety of vendors. "Web and database communication has become integrated into nearly every BCBST production system," said Chris Levan levan Dentistry A fructose homopolymer linked by β-2,6 bonds, formed by the partial digestion of sucrose by Bacillus and Streptococcus spp, which is a component of dental plaque representing the first biochemical event in cariogenesis. , CIO CIO: see American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations. (Chief Information Officer) The executive officer in charge of information processing in an organization. , BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, "Protecting BCBST's Web applications and databases is a key element in safeguarding the private health information of our members and partners." Complete Solution The SecureSphere Dynamic Profiling Firewall provides total application security by protecting against the key threats facing enterprise applications and databases, including: --Web application attacks such as SQL Injection SQL injection is a technique that exploits a security vulnerability occurring in the database layer of an application. The vulnerability is present when user input is either incorrectly filtered for string literal escape characters embedded in SQL statements or user input is not , parameter tampering Modifying elements in the URL sent to a Web site in order to obtain unauthorized information. User queries are often passed to the database in the Web server by appending search arguments to the URL used to locate the site. , cookie poisoning The modification of or theft of a cookie in a user's machine by an attacker in order to release personal information. If the cookie contains username and password, thieves can use their own computers and confiscated cookies to enter victims' accounts. See cookie. . --Direct database breaches such as data theft by unauthorized employees. --Worm infections on critical servers, including known infrastructure attacks and Zero Day worms Worms (vôrms), city (1994 pop. 79,155), Rhineland-Palatinate, SW Germany, on the Rhine River. It is an industrial city and a leading wine trade center. . "Imperva's customers like BCBST understand that a solution for application security must address more that a single protocol or attack vector The approach used to assault a computer system or network. A fancy way of saying "method or type of attack," the term may refer to a variety of vulnerabilities. For example, an operating system or Web browser may have a flaw that is exploited by a Web site. ," said Alan Norquist, vice president of marketing and business development for Imperva. "Imperva built SecureSphere to address the need for total application security by including the scalability and holistic Holistic A practice of medicine that focuses on the whole patient, and addresses the social, emotional, and spiritual needs of a patient as well as their physical treatment. Mentioned in: Aromatherapy, Stress Reduction, Traditional Chinese Medicine protection needed to support enterprise-wide deployments." Low Cost of Ownership "Imperva's SecureSphere gives us the ability to address possible security vulnerabilities without being heavily dependent upon our vendors' timeframe and resources," said Sharon Black, Sr. Manager of Information Security, BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. "BCBST now spends less time on issues such as software changes and can direct more energy on protecting our members' data and company information." SecureSphere cuts operational costs because deployment requires no changes to existing applications and infrastructure and SecureSphere operations requires no on-going manual tuning. This automation is due to Imperva's Dynamic Profiling technology that can automatically create a profile of the application's structure and dynamics by examining application and database traffic in the production environment. This application profile is used to identify and block attacks while also recognizing valid application changes and automatically incorporating them into the application profile. About BlueCross BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the state's oldest and largest not-for-profit Not-for-profit An organization established for charitable, humanitarian, or educational purposes that is exempt from some taxes and in which no one in profits or losses. health plan, serving more than 2.6 million Tennesseans. Founded in 1945, the Chattanooga-based company is focused on financing affordable health care coverage and providing peace of mind for all Tennesseans. BlueCross serves its members by delivering quality health care products, services and information. For more information on BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, visit the company's Web site at www.bcbst.com. About Imperva, Inc. Imperva(TM) developed the first Dynamic Profiling Firewall to provide total application security -- including protection from Web application attack, database breach, and worm infection -- with no manual tuning. The firm's SecureSphere(TM) gateway appliances are deployed in leading financial, healthcare, and retail organizations around the globe. Led by Shlomo Kramer, a Check Point Software Technologies founder, Imperva is privately funded by Accel Partners, US Venture Partners, and Venrock Associates. Imperva and SecureSphere are trademarks of Imperva, Inc. 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