Defending your data and applications has become more critical than ever. With businesses storing an ever-increasing volume of user data, it presents a lucrative target for cybercrime. A web application firewall (WAF) is designed to ensure your data and applications are protected by blocking suspicious activity, providing comprehensive security for critical applications.
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A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is designed to protect your data from hackers as they try to exploit weaknesses in your application code.
These targeted attacks are disguised as genuine requests made to forms on your site - to a traditional firewall or Intrusion Detection System/Intrusion Prevention System they will appear authentic and so allow them to proceed; making them either unable to guard against these attacks or unable to offer comprehensive protection.
Once these requests get through to your application, the hacker can send a special request through your website form that will in turn release sensitive data stored on your database.
WAFs are designed to proactively protect the application layer against attempted fraud or data theft; blocking any suspicious activity. Inspecting every web request for cross-site scripting, SQL injection, path traversal and 400+ other types of attack, this protective layer aims to keep your data secure.
Sitting directly on the application layer your WAF examines every HTTP request/conversation that comes through to your database server - and applies a set of bespoke rules set to filter out illegitimate traffic.
Custom rule sets are managed by security experts and exist for a wide range of applications. New rules can continually be applied to keep pace with new and emerging threats. Our WAF also proactively observes your genuine traffic, creating bespoke rules to ensure that any legitimate traffic is not blocked.
With no changes to your existing set up and an additional layer or protection, WAFs ensure that your site provides the upmost protection for your clients and also allows you to comply with PCI 6.6.
Our high performance WAF solution is designed to safeguard against a number of vulnerabilities, including:
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