A partnership with PC Stars, a diversified distributor of enterprise software and services that targets the China business market has been announced today by an innovative provider of Web application security, intrusion prevention and security data analytics software, Privacyware (http://www.privacyware.com ). PC Stars will distribute Privacyware's full line of security software offerings but will initially feature ThreatSentry, Privacyware's award-winning IIS Web Application Firewall and Host Intrusion Prevention solution, to address the global rise in SQL Injection, cross-site scripting and other Web-based threats targeting vulnerable web applications and host environments.

Matthew Zhou, PCI Stars Product Manager, declared: "We are excited to offer Privacyware's award-winning ThreatSentry Web application firewall software to our customers." He added: "In our lab tests, ThreatSentry delivered a comprehensive range of security capabilities to protect IIS Web and database services. Combined with its simple management and affordable price, the ThreatSentry value proposition has resonated strongly with customers across the range of industry verticals."

ThreatSentry is designed to prevent attacks and other unauthorized system access on Web servers utilizing Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) and was recently awarded the 2008 Product Innovation Award in the Web Application Firewall category by Network Products Guide.

ThreatSentry delivers protection from an array of documented exploitive techniques such as Buffer Overflow, Parameter Manipulation, SQL Injection, Cross-site scripting, Directory Traversal, Denial of Service and other exploitive techniques and also helps customers comply with section 6.6 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). Other key ThreatSentry features include AI-based behavioral intrusion prevention, centralized management, and email alert notification.