Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Comprehensive and extensive security of web applications by WAF
Nowadays, knowing what traditional network security solutions unable to do, as well as why organizations need to equip their Web Application Firewall, or WAF , is the basis of an IT security strategy. Effective protection of Web assets in organizations requires a thorough understanding of the capabilities and limitations of the organization’s current security technologies. For example, although traditional network firewalls and intrusion prevention systems, or IPS , are useful for filtering large volumes of threats in the lower layers, they do not have sufficient capabilities to prevent targeted, program-specific threats. today this kind of attacks are used against organizations . Next-Generation Firewalls, despite providing improved capabilities to control access to network resources, are very effective in protecting an organization’s web-based systems . With the WAF technology, the challenges of protecting today’s web assets against cyber threats have been significantly reduced and today Web Application Firewall is one of the most important and essential components in the web protection strategy for organizations and plays an important role in increasing the web applications security of organizations.
Technical and operational capability of WAF security equipment in SMEnode
Many organizations have problems running WAF due to lack of proper study on their web-based systems, and many of these organizations eventually stop the project or put WAF only in monitor mode to fix problems. SMEnode has used this technology in consulting and implementation projects and has implemented the organization’s Web Application Firewall equipment in operational mode.
Modern WAF features:
- Vulnerability Scanning
- IP reputation
- Web application attack signatures
- Credential stuffing defense
- Anti-Virus
- Detection and preventing behavioral attacks
- Central management and reporting
- Authentication Applications
- Authentication Applications
Tracking and authentication of users
WAF technology provides monitoring users in authentication time to log in to web applications and track all subsequent actions. All attack and traffic logs are attached to the username and enable the execution of rules and processes.
Modern WAFs are capable of providing advanced layer 7 load modulation and Authentication Offload Services. WAF can easily deploy applications across multiple servers with the advanced Layer 7 intelligent load tuning service; This technology can also be combined with SSL Offloading to modify the traffic load of secure applications.
Extensive security of web applications
With a connected, multi-layered approach, WAF can provide complete security against OWASP Top 10 attacks and many other threats to internal and external web applications. Contents and other malicious resources are removed automatically using IP Reputation Services before the damage.
By taking advantage of DoS detection and prevention in this technology, Applications can be protected from overload caused by Layer 7 DoS attacks. With FortiWeb you can check if your HTTP RFC authentication request is tamper free.