A good WAF secures not just your websites and cloud applications but will protect against bots and protect containers, databases, VMs and APIs too. It will have a low rate of false positives, which is becoming critical as the volume of attacks increase. If you are a small business then a cloud-based one has a lower management overhead.
Part of the value of a WAF is the ability to quickly react to new threats by adding rules, instead of having to wait for full vendor patches to address vulnerabilities and then going through a full patch test & deploy cycle.
You still need to keep up to date on your patches, but for some zero-day vulnerabilities if you have a WAF in place you can react much faster.
Application Security Tools are designed to ensure the security of applications by identifying vulnerabilities and potential threats during development and operation phases. They play a crucial role in safeguarding data integrity and user privacy.These tools provide comprehensive security assessments and support for applications, focusing on identifying weaknesses in code and preventing threats. Users share insights about their effectiveness in real-world environments, emphasizing their value...
-Application security
-OWASP top 10
-Protection on two aspects: detection/prevention of malicious IPs or threats
-Certain WAFs protect against DoS, ...
A good WAF secures not just your websites and cloud applications but will protect against bots and protect containers, databases, VMs and APIs too. It will have a low rate of false positives, which is becoming critical as the volume of attacks increase. If you are a small business then a cloud-based one has a lower management overhead.
Part of the value of a WAF is the ability to quickly react to new threats by adding rules, instead of having to wait for full vendor patches to address vulnerabilities and then going through a full patch test & deploy cycle.
You still need to keep up to date on your patches, but for some zero-day vulnerabilities if you have a WAF in place you can react much faster.