cloud-security

Cloud WAF

Cloud Web Application Firewall

Definition

A cloud WAF is a managed web application firewall delivered as a cloud service that inspects and filters HTTP/S traffic to protect web applications from common attacks. Cloud WAFs (AWS WAF, Azure WAF, Cloudflare WAF) offer managed rule sets updated by the provider, custom rule creation, rate limiting, and geographic blocking.

Cloud WAFs are deployed at the edge — in front of CDN or load balancer — providing protection before traffic reaches origin servers.

Related Terms

WAF Rules

WAF Custom Rules

Managed Rules

WAF Managed Rule Groups

DDoS Protection

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