LUMEN® WEB APPLICATION FIREWALL

Accelerating and securing modern web experiences.

2021 Frost & Sullivan Best Practices New Product Innovation Award in the Holistic Web Protection Market

Application: Availability. Performance. Security.

Lumen Web Application Firewall (WAF) services provide the flexibility your DevSecOps teams require for rapid, agile deployment—delivered via our common automation and orchestration platform: CDN Edge Compute.

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Benefits

Integrated app security and acceleration

By integrating Lumen® DDoS Mitigation Service with NextGen WAF solutions, we offer a complete security solution designed to protect customer applications and assets from Layer 3, 4 and 7 attacks.

Modular, best-of-breed WAF protection

Easily activate and manage the SaaS-based NextGen WAF/Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) service modules that best suit your applications, from partners such as ThreatX, Wallarm and PerimeterX.

Global, cloud-based security solution

Tailor the right application performance and security posture to respond to the rapidly changing needs of your business across public and private cloud, customer premises and hybrid environments.

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Features and Specifications

Dynamic content CDN
Automated and orchestrated managed platform for both CDN and application security
Containerised, cloud native application solutions
Advanced DDoS mitigation protections as a first line of defence

Web application and API protection from threats across cloud, premises and hybrid environments
Combination of behaviour profiling, threat intelligence and analytics to identify suspicious behaviours and associated risks
Shared threat analytics correlate attack patterns and techniques across multiple customers and applications
Support for a virtual version of the environment to rapidly test new code and capabilities

Based on your number of applications and traffic volumes or your number of workspaces and traffic volumes

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Use Cases

Accelerating speed to market

Global retailer with a growing e-commerce business, where speed to market is hindered by lengthy DevOps cycles and the inability to tailor their security posture to individual needs.

Enhancing user experiences

Large content distributor striving to ensure user experience is not disrupted by global security posture.

Outpacing the competition

Large financial institution with consumer website and banking applications that needs to keep pace as new entrants disrupt the market.

How much would a cyberattack cost your business?

Cyberattacks are on the rise as botnets evolve in size, scale and sophistication—putting public, private and hybrid cloud environments at risk. Try our calculator to find out how much a cyberattack could cost your business, then contact us below to design your own WAF solution.