We all know that the Web is a nasty place, with denial of service attacks, SQL injection, cross-site scripting and other malware invented hourly to try to pry into your networks. Over the years, a number of vendors have come up with various solutions that go under the broad heading of Web application firewalls, or ways that they can help prevent the bad stuff from entering your user’s desktops. It’s worth diving into these products because they offer a great deal of protection that can save you aggravation down the road.

I talk more about how to buy these web app firewalls at ITWorld here.