Akamai Technologies, Inc. this week launched a service that consolidates the process of securing both web applications and application programming interfaces (APIs). Amol Mathur, vice president of product management and strategy for Akamai, said with the launch of App & API Protector the managed security services provider is making it easier for IT teams to […]
Web Application Firewalls Aren’t Protecting Cloud-Native Apps
Your web application firewall (WAF) is humming at the edges of your network, faithfully blocking malicious attacks before they can do any harm. Better yet, it’s a next-generation WAF (NG-WAF). It consists of signatures, rules, and a sprinkle of machine learning to protect your applications (and user data) from harm. You’ve got it covered, correct? […]
WordPress Hacks: Best Ways to Protect WordPress from Hacking
When it comes to website security, even an iota of prevention is really worth a large pool of measures to restore a website from its affected state. WordPress websites are most vulnerable to security attacks from sophisticated hackers as well as the bots that are capable of exploiting security vulnerabilities. These security vulnerabilities range from […]
Debunking Myths Around RASP
Runtime application self-protection (RASP) has taken a fair bit of scrutiny over the last few years. Like many security technologies that pioneer new ways of tackling old problems, people inherently don’t like change. Several companies entered the space early and early adopters helped mature various RASP solutions on the market and the technology has advanced […]
It’s Time to Break Up with Your WAF
If the only reason you have a web application firewall (WAF) is for compliance, you deserve better. It’s time to replace it with something that provides not only compliance, but real security value as well. In the land of web application security, there are a few not-so-well-kept secrets, arguably none bigger than this: The WAF […]
Barracuda Networks Enhances API to Advance DevSecOps
Recognizing that DevOps teams deploying applications in the cloud need a more sophisticated approach to security, Barracuda Networks at the Microsoft Inspire 2017 conference unveiled an enhanced REST API for its Web Application Firewall (WAF), in addition to providing integration with the IT automation framework developed by Puppet Labs. At the same time, Barracuda Networks […]