In today ’ s dynamic and fast moving world , the Web can be a |
Who ’ s Knocking at the Door ? –
Enforcing web access control
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dangerous place to conduct business . SQL injections , cross-site |
policies and security procedures is a bread and butter function of |
scripting , illegal resource access , remote file inclusion etc . are |
any WAF . How to do it is where the devil is in the detail . Ensure |
some of the tools available to hackers attacking web applications . |
any WAF offering supports user authentication and single sign-on |
This unfortunate reality compels state-of-the art web application |
( SSO ) functions . This applies two-factor authentication and |
security and enterprise network security solutions to adapt from |
enables access to premise-based applications from outside the |
a nice-to-have into a mission critical mandate . |
enterprise network . In addition , it ensures access to data based |
Businesses require a next-generation WAF that is flexible enough |
on a user ’ s role / business needs . |
to adapt to changing IT infrastructures and the evolving threat |
Two Minds Are Better Than One –
Cyber-attacks are increasing in
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landscape , and also change based on the needs of the business . |
severity and complexity , making it difficult for organizations to |
In the background of the above , here are some of the |
stay ahead of the rapidly evolving threat landscape . To assist , a |
characteristics that a WAF needs to provide to keep businesses on |
WAF vendor should provide options for fully managed services for |
top of their game : |
both on-premises and cloud-based WAF deployments . This |
Agility Equals SecurityRisks –
DevOps and agile development practices are great at creating new applications quickly and efficiently . Unfortunately , the fluidity of these environments also creates a bevy of unintended security risks . Ensurea WAF solution
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provides the organization with the insight and expertise from security experts that can assume full responsibility to configure and update security policies as well as actively monitor , detect , alert and mitigate attacks in real time . |
can automatically detect and protect applications as they are |
Protection Via Unification –
Leading analysts agree that the best
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added to the network by automatically creating new policies and |
WAF solution is one that provides both on-premises and cloud- |
procedures . |
based offerings . It provides a unified solution that ensures |
Cover That Top Ten List –
Industry pundits and experts at security consortiums and communities continue to categorize and identify the greatest web application security risks facing
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complete availability and protection with no security gaps between on-premises and web applications , and facilitates quick and easy migration of applications to the cloud . |
organizations . A WAF solution should provide complete coverage , |
AppWall a Better Web Application Firewall Solution |
including all OWASP Top 10 risks . |
AppWall is a Web application firewall solution that ensures fast , |
Device Fingerprinting –
Bots , crawlers and spammers , using new techniques to disguise malicious traffic , can exhaust resources and scrape sensitive information from websites or cloud-based assets . A good WAF needs to sniff out these clandestine cyber assaulters . Device fingerprinting identifies , blacklists and blocks machines used for attacks regardless of the IP they hide behind .
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reliable and secure delivery of mission-critical Web applications . It enables PCI compliance through mitigation of Web application security threats and vulnerabilities , preventing data theft and manipulation of sensitive corporate data , and protecting customer information . Additionally , it reduces the increasing risk of your enterprise ' s infrastructure being used to attack others . |
Even if the bot dynamically changes its source IP address , its |
AppWall is the first WAF to provide a real-time security patching |
device fingerprint does not change . |
solution for web applications in agile and continuous deployment |
Negative + Positive = Zero-Day Protection –
Advanced application and “ smoke screen ” attacks that use DDoS assaults to mask other tactics are becoming commonplace , while zero-day assaults swiftly exploit newly discovered vulnerabilities . Negative and positive security models that automatically detect application
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environments via tight integrations with Dynamic Application
Security Testing ( DAST ) solutions . It detects and patches vulnerable resources automatically whenever an application resource change is introduced . AppWall is a core part of
Radware ' s next-generation Attack Mitigation System ( AMS ).
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domains , analyze potential vulnerabilities , and assign optimal |
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protection policies are critical . |