Web Security

Three Major Challenges Faced by WAF in the Banking Industry

March 11, 2024

As the digital transformation is deepening, the banking industry is making efforts to build digital banks, open banks, and scenario-based financial business models. On one hand, banks are pushed to pay more attention to online operations and to enhance their openness. On the other hand, this raises higher standards for their security risk control. As […]

NSFOCUS WAF Security Reports

February 8, 2024

NSFOCUS WAF security reports are divided into classification-specific alert reports and period-specific alert reports. You can acquire reports based on query conditions, such as websites, event types, statistic collection periods, and statistic collection time. 1. Generation procedure: Logs & Reports > Security Reports > Classification-Specific Alert Report or Period-Specific Alert Report > Choose the query […]

NSFOCUS WAF Disguised Response File Management

January 18, 2024

For a specific protection policy, NSFOCUS WAF can configure five actions. For more details, please view NSFOCUS WAF Protection Actions. When configuring a policy with Action set to Disguise, you need to select an existing disguised response file or upload a new one. Such files, whether existing or newly uploaded, will be displayed on the […]

Key Events of 2023 for NSFOCUS WAF

January 10, 2024

Summarizing the past, embracing the future. Let’s take a look at the key events of NSFOCUS WAF in 2023. Market Recognition June 2023: NSFOCUS Tops China’s Hardware WAF Market for Four Consecutive Years in IDC market share research report on China’s hardware WAF market share; August 2023: Gartner named NSFOCUS a Representative Vendor of API […]

Enhancing Web Security: NSFOCUS WAF Integration Solutions

January 4, 2024

According to an industry report, over 75% of cybersecurity attacks target the web application layer. Additionally, statistics indicate that more than two-thirds of websites lack adequate security measures. With digital transformation, organizations are moving more business operations to the Internet. New-generation applications are accessed through various channels like the Web and APIs, leading to increased […]

Introduction to NSFOCUS WAF Blocking Method

November 24, 2023

When you configure a protection policy for your protected website and set the protection action to block, NSFOCUS WAF supports three methods to execute blocking actions: Source IP Block, Session Block, and UA Block. Session Block and UA Block are newly added on system version 6073. Each block supports three forms: Never, Permanently block, and […]

NSFOCUS WAAP: A Future-Ready Solution for Web and API Security Challenges

November 23, 2023

In the digital age, Web application and API security (WAAP) has demonstrated the importance of the development of the web application and API economy, and it is becoming the new standard of the next generation of WAF. WAAP is essential in today’s digital environment. As organizations increasingly rely on web applications and APIs to support […]

NSFOCUS WAF Running Modes

November 7, 2023

NSFOCUS WAF supports multiple running modes. You can modify the running mode based on the network topology. Deployment Topology Deployment Topology can be set to In-Path, Out-of-Path, Reverse Proxy, Mirroring or Plugin-enabled. Mode Configuration Mode Configuration can be set to one of the following values (modes vary with deployment topologies): Emergency Mode After entering the […]

Introduction to WAF Exception Policy

October 27, 2023

Exception policies are supplements or restrictions to configured basic or advanced protection policies. On the Exception Policy page, you can create, edit, delete, and duplicate exception policies. You can also create and edit exception policies on the Website Protection page. Configuration procedure: Choose Security Management > Policy Management > Exception Policy, click Create in the […]

Introduction to NSFOCUS WAF Website Group Health Check

September 28, 2023

The Website Group Health Check feature at Security Management -> Website Protection -> Root -> Website Group Health Check -> One-Click Check helps users to check whether the website group policies are working as configured and identify potential issues of site configuration compiling. For example, if users change any current website policy during the period […]

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