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Fortinet WAF Security
WAF is responsible for securing business-critical web applications from the OWASP Top 10 zero-day threats.


What is WAF Security?


And why is WAF an effective security strategy for business success?



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Overview:

What is WAF Security?

A web application firewall (WAF) defends the Layer 7 perimeter from malicious traffic. In other words, a web application firewall is one of the tools responsible for securing business-critical web apps from the OWASP Top 10, zero-day threats, known or unknown application vulnerabilities, as well as an array of other web application layer attacks that impact the community.

As organizations undergo new digital initiatives and expand the attack surface to enable business, they often find that new web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs) become exposed to dangerous traffic due to web server vulnerabilities, a server plugin, or other issues exploited by OWASP Top 10 threats that aim to disrupt the business community. WAFs help to keep these applications and the content they access secure.

How WAF's Deliver API Protection?

The days of basic websites serving up simple Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) pages have passed. Traffic has become more sophisticated. Web applications today deliver mission-critical services using APIs that provide richer, more responsive experiences by letting the client process raw data instead of just rendering simple HTML. These API tools also support the mobile applications that users in the community need to access, thus requiring a web application firewall (WAF) made by a company like Fortinet, Barracuda, or others to ensure they are protected from OWASP Top 10 threats, such as file inclusion vulnerabilities and others seeking to take advantage of internet traffic, a server plugin, or other vulnerabilities.

Giving the client access to that amount of application data, there is the potential to increase the impact if an attacker finds a way to exploit the API’s rules if WAFs by providers like Barracuda, AWS, or Cloudflare are not in place.

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Why WAF's Are Critical for Organizations?

Digital innovation (DI) efforts that are driving increased use of web application technologies require a fundamental change in the way that organizations conduct business using digital technology tools, particularly if they want to avoid the various OWASP Top 10 threats.

Successful DI is more than simply deploying technology by companies like Barracuda, Fortinet, and others—it requires a focus on the needs of customers and a willingness to embrace rapid change, including rapid adoption and technology deployment options that help organizations meet the needs of customers. These protections tend to come from a variety of sources, including Imperva, Nginx, Barracuda, and others.

Public cloud and Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solutions, for example, can help organizations accelerate businesses when properly used and protected by strict security rules, such as those used by Barracuda defense systems or others in the cybersecurity community. Yet, as rapid adoption of these technologies increases the speed of business operations, web application security flaws and OWASP problems sometimes arise, leaving web applications at risk from threats hiding in internet traffic.

As customers increasingly access business applications using unknown bring-your-own-devices (BYOD) on networks that are not controlled with VPN access, organizations must recognize the risks. Even network firewalls can be vulnerable. Traditional perimeter application security tools are not adequate for protecting internet-facing applications from OWASP Top 10 dangers and other application vulnerabilities found in network traffic even though Barracuda can be an otherwise adequate solution for some users.

A new set of rules is needed. Organizations running business-critical applications require tools that address the Layer 7 perimeter. A web application firewall (WAF) is the solution that protects these applications and data.