WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL
Deal with persistent web-based threats
We spend the majority of our time interacting with web applications. They have become so integrated with our daily lives that crucial tasks like mailing, information browsing, banking, shopping, etc. are now being serviced through web-based servers.
These business-critical applications need unwavering security to protect both the sensitive data generated by these systems and also the people who use them.
One of the most effective tools for web security is deploying a Web Application Firewall (WAF). WAF is an appliance or software that analyzes, filters, and blocks HTTP traffic to and from the web. It secures your web applications from known and unknown threats.
With advanced set features and a multi-layer approach, WAF defends your web applications and APIs from zero-day threats and against major vulnerability concerns. Powered by machine learning, a WAF performs analysis at high speed, provides robust protection, and adapts to ever-evolving threats.
Frequent questions on WAFs
What is Web Application Firewall (WAF) Software?
Web Application Firewall (WAF) is an automated, AI-enabled software firewall that detects and prevents website and web-based threats like DDoS, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and URL and SQL injections.
Why use WAF?
WAF takes a proactive preventing approach to your website security. With active monitoring and in-built capabilities for eliminating threats, your web apps get round-the-clock automated security with very little need for manual intervention.
How does a WAF work?
WAFs are deployed on the cloud and are configured with a set of rigid rules called policies. Every web request is verified against these policies and allowed to move ahead only if it checks all security checks.
The most beneficial feature of WAFs is their ability to learn from each request and evolve, with the use of AI and machine learning. Once deployed, WAFs continuously learn better and offer more enhanced security with each new web request.
Can a web application firewall defeng against bots?
For blocking bots effectively, a web application firewall needs to evolve and fine-tune itself to keep up with the most advanced and latest bot activities and trends.
An Advanced WAF can deploy threat intelligence and maintain traces of past bot activity as a parameter to test each web request.
Moreover, integrated with behavior analysis, modern, advanced WAFs can learn from patterns and trends and better themselves, without the additional overheads of setting up complex filtering rules, IP blocks, and frequent manual intervention.