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Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Protection against OWASP Top 10, SQL injection, XSS

Cloudflare WAF protects web applications against the most common attacks, including all OWASP Top 10 categories, blocking more than 136 billion threats daily. It uses machine learning trained on traffic from over 57 million requests per second to identify zero-day exploits and unknown attack vectors. The system automatically deploys virtual patches within minutes of new CVEs being discovered, protecting applications from exploitation. Rules can be customized using Firewall Rules with Wireshark-like expressions.

Security

Enterprise-grade protection compliant with regulatory requirements and security standards

Performance

Fast deployment with minimal resource overhead

Support

Dedicated support from a certified partner

Integration

Easy integration with your existing infrastructure

Key features

  • OWASP Core Ruleset and Cloudflare Managed Ruleset with over 500 rules
  • Machine learning detecting zero-day exploits and malicious attacks
  • Custom rulesets with a Wireshark-like expression language for granular control
  • Virtual patching automatically deployed within minutes of CVE discovery
  • Sensitivity tuning minimizing false positives for each application

Business benefits

  • Protection against 99.9% of web attacks without affecting legitimate traffic
  • Average latency below 1 ms thanks to edge processing in over 310 locations
  • 80% reduction in data breach risk for web applications
  • Automatic rule updates without security team effort
  • Compliance with PCI DSS 6.6 WAF requirements immediately after deployment
Cloudflare

Why Cloudflare?

A global security and performance network handling a significant share of the world's internet traffic. Cloudflare offers DDoS protection, WAF, Zero Trust network access, secure DNS, and many other services, protecting applications, APIs, and infrastructure from threats.

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