Director, Co-Founder & CEO at HEDEHI Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
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Top 5
Jun 27, 2025
Our use case for Symantec Web Application Firewall is primarily for security purposes as we develop web application solutions for our customers. We have a business where we provide solutions for creating web applications, and we use this firewall to secure access, especially if we have to set it up in their own environment. We set up this firewall first, then do all the onboarding and deployment processes. We are using it primarily as a firewall for security purposes.
Head IT Infrastructure (DGM-IT) at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
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Mar 31, 2021
We have multiple applications that we wanted to ensure were protected and we chose Symantec for that. I'm the head of IT infrastructure and we are partners with Symantec.
Technical Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
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Feb 19, 2020
The clients turned our view on a few aspects. I believe that solutions have changed over the last few years and I think the value proposition has changed quite a bit. I don't really know. I see the value in the proxy for many things, and I feel that web proxy is not the way to go necessarily, in the future.
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...
Our use case for Symantec Web Application Firewall is primarily for security purposes as we develop web application solutions for our customers. We have a business where we provide solutions for creating web applications, and we use this firewall to secure access, especially if we have to set it up in their own environment. We set up this firewall first, then do all the onboarding and deployment processes. We are using it primarily as a firewall for security purposes.
We have multiple applications that we wanted to ensure were protected and we chose Symantec for that. I'm the head of IT infrastructure and we are partners with Symantec.
The clients turned our view on a few aspects. I believe that solutions have changed over the last few years and I think the value proposition has changed quite a bit. I don't really know. I see the value in the proxy for many things, and I feel that web proxy is not the way to go necessarily, in the future.