Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF)
Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall (WAF) is a fully managed, cloud-native security service designed to protect web applications and APIs hosted on Alibaba Cloud from a wide range of web-based attacks. It intelligently filters and monitors HTTP/HTTPS traffic, blocking malicious requests such…
Key facts
- First appeared
- 2016
- Category
- technology
- Problem solved
- Alibaba Cloud Web Application Firewall was created to address the pervasive challenge of protecting web applications and APIs from increasingly sophisticated Layer 7 attacks, such as those outlined in the OWASP Top 10, without the operational overhead and scalability limitations of traditional on-premise WAF solutions. It provides a cloud-native, managed service that automatically scales to handle fluctuating traffic and evolving threat landscapes.
- Platforms
- Alibaba Cloud
Related technologies
Notable users
- E-commerce companies operating on Alibaba Cloud
- Financial institutions
- Alibaba Group (for its own properties like Taobao, Tmall, Alipay)
- Gaming companies leveraging Alibaba Cloud infrastructure
- Government agencies
- Media and entertainment platforms