Network and Security Engineer (Contractor) at Clymora Technology Limited
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Top 5
Nov 21, 2025
Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service protects our customers' websites, including e-commerce sites, normal websites, and web applications. I can provide a quick example of a customer website where we protect an e-commerce site, especially in Kenya where WAFs are mostly used in banks to meet the PCI DSS standard. The service blocks attacks like cross-site scripting and DDoS, as well as all website-related attacks. Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service helps protect against many attacks related to web applications, including SQL injection and misconfigurations from customers that lead to vulnerabilities like denial of service and attempts to exfiltrate sensitive data, particularly for banks.
Principal Network Architect at a financial services firm with 201-500 employees
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Top 10
Apr 11, 2025
We use Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service situated in front of our web-facing APIs. This includes everything that is customer-facing, business-to-business APIs, and things like that.
IT Specialist at a manufacturing company with 10,001+ employees
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Top 5
Jan 14, 2025
I use it for all the applications in my company that need external access. I route the traffic to FortiWeb first, and after this, I direct it to the cloud or on-premises solutions.
A Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a specialized security tool designed to protect web applications by monitoring and filtering HTTP traffic between a web application and the Internet. It plays a crucial role in safeguarding against threats and vulnerabilities.WAFs help defend web applications from several common threats by analyzing requests to prevent malicious data from passing through. These solutions work by effectively blocking common attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site...
Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service protects our customers' websites, including e-commerce sites, normal websites, and web applications. I can provide a quick example of a customer website where we protect an e-commerce site, especially in Kenya where WAFs are mostly used in banks to meet the PCI DSS standard. The service blocks attacks like cross-site scripting and DDoS, as well as all website-related attacks. Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service helps protect against many attacks related to web applications, including SQL injection and misconfigurations from customers that lead to vulnerabilities like denial of service and attempts to exfiltrate sensitive data, particularly for banks.
We use Fortinet FortiWeb Cloud WAF-as-a-Service situated in front of our web-facing APIs. This includes everything that is customer-facing, business-to-business APIs, and things like that.
I use it for all the applications in my company that need external access. I route the traffic to FortiWeb first, and after this, I direct it to the cloud or on-premises solutions.