Macnica Networks Corp. (hereinafter referred to as "Macnica networks", Headquarters: 1-5-5 Shin-Yokohama, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture, President: Jun Ikeda), which analyzes threats targeting Japan organizations on a daily basis and provides security solutions, is pleased to announce that Seven &i Net Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Seven &i Net Media", Headquarters: 4-5 Nibancho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Representative Board Director Executive Officer President: Hiroto Taguchi) is pleased to announce that it has provided Imperva's on-premise cloud WAF comprehensive license "AppProtect360".

Seven & i Net Media is a company that supports the digital strategy of the Seven & i Net Media Co.,Ltd., which has many stores in Japan such as convenience stores and supermarkets, and also develops a wide range of businesses such as financial services. In 2014, with the launch of the general EC site "Omni 7", the company thought that a more robust security environment for the web system was necessary, and introduced Imperva's on-premise WAF, which has less operation and server load. After that, in conjunction with the cloudization of the services provided by the group, examples in industries with strict regulations such as finance and medical care, high evaluations by third-party evaluation organizations, industry's highest SLA against DDoS attacks (risk in 3 seconds) Introduced Imperva's cloud version WAF from the perspective of providing Furthermore, in 2019, we integrated major website security measures into our on-prem cloud WAF blanket license AppProtect360.

Imperva AppProtect360 is a solution that enables comprehensive use of the functions provided by Imperva to achieve the highest security environment for data and applications. It can protect against cyberattacks regardless of the customer's environment, such as on-premises, public/private cloud, etc. It also has countermeasures against bots and DDoS attacks, as well as advanced analysis functions for attacks. In addition, regardless of whether the server is on-premises or in the cloud, it can be introduced basically by simply changing the DNS, so the company was able to integrate smoothly. The effects of the introduction are as follows.

1. cost advantage
   Other products include all optional functions in one license, resulting in significant cost benefits.
2. Reduced workload
   No need to update signatures, easy to purchase more when traffic increases. In addition, since there are no false positives and the setting is easy and time-saving, operation has become dramatically easier. Plus, get peace of mind with managed services backed by a team of top security experts.
3. easy-to-understand dashboard
   It is easy to understand the current traffic, the number of sessions, the bandwidth situation, etc., and it is easy to use because it can be operated intuitively.

The company is also promoting the use of the API provided by Imperva, and the monitoring team receives a notification of behavior detection during login, kicks the API, and creates a script to block specific IPs, areas, and countries. It is created and used for early security measures.

As Imperva's exclusive domestic agent, Macnica networks will continue to support our customers in protecting their important assets from cyber-attacks, unauthorized use, and web tampering, and allowing them to operate their websites with peace of mind.