Check Point Software Simplifies Cloud Application Security with AI-Powered WAFaaS
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., a leading cyber security platform provider, announced
CloudGuard WAF-as-a-Service (WAFaaS) — an automated, AI-powered, web
application firewall, that offers organizations a fully managed solution to
prevent cyber threats and protect web applications from unauthorized access and
data breaches. Prioritizing prevention, simplicity and scalability, this
technology delivers a convenient and cost-effective way to efficiently secure cloud
applications and APIs.
Security practitioners understand that WAF solutions require meticulous
setup and ongoing maintenance to mitigate risks. Yet, securing the cloud is of
the utmost importance. Check Point’s 2024 Cloud
Security Report revealed an
overwhelming 96% of respondents reported concerns about their ability to
effectively manage cloud risks. Check Point CloudGuard WAFaaS’s fully managed
offering alleviates the heavy lifting traditionally associated with maintaining
WAF solutions, transforming a cumbersome process into a streamlined operation.
“Modern cloud operations need straightforward and effective protection
for Web Services and APIs, which CloudGuard WAFaaS provides through essential,
automated, and cloud-delivered security,” said Oded Gonda, VP Technology &
Innovation at Check Point Software Technologies. “CloudGuard WAFaaS simplifies
application security for our customers, providing top-notch threat prevention
within a managed solution that can be deployed in under five minutes and
effectively prevents zero-day threats.”
CloudGuard WAFaaS is an essential component of Check Point’s
prevention-first cloud security solution. With features ranging from AI-based
threat detection, API discovery, bot prevention, file security, and rate limiting,
CloudGuard WAFaaS offers a comprehensive suite of application and API
protection for multiple cloud and modern architectures and includes DDoS
prevention and automated certificate management.
As part of the Check Point Infinity Platform to
defend the cloud, key features for
CloudGuard WAFaaS include:
· Threat Prevention: Protects
against Zero-day exploits, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and
bot-driven assaults, ensuring comprehensive security without affecting
performance
· Contextual
Analysis: Precise detection, with virtually no false positives, frees
security teams from tedious firewall maintenance
· API Security: Effectively
reduces the risk of unauthorized access and data breaches leveraging the latest
API Discovery feature
· One-time Set-up: End-to-end
deployment process can be executed within 5 minutes
“Unlike traditional web application firewalls, which rely heavily on
manual intervention and frequent signature updates, our newly released Check
Point CloudGuard WAFaaS leverages AI to adapt to new threats dynamically,” said
Brian McHenry, Head of Cloud Security Engineering at Check Point Software.
“This capability ensures that organizations have a preventative defense
mechanism that evolves with the threat landscape without generating
time-consuming false positives.”
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