A security system that monitors, filters, and blocks malicious HTTP traffic to and from a web application.
WAFs protect against OWASP Top 10 attacks (XSS, SQL injection, CSRF), bot traffic, DDoS, and application-layer exploits. They can be cloud-based (Cloudflare, AWS WAF), hardware appliances, or software modules. Rules can be managed or custom-written.
Enabling Cloudflare's WAF to automatically block SQL injection attempts and bot traffic targeting the API endpoints.
A WAF provides immediate protection against known attack patterns while you build deeper security into the application layer.
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