Radware Cloud WAF

What do you like best about the product?

Radware WAF is a strong performer when it comes to securing web applications. It offers solid protection against OWASP Top 10 and zero-day threats, and supports bot mitigation, API security, and flexible deployment models. The platform is easy to manage, integrates well with SIEM and SOAR tools, and meets high availability SLAs. Its centralized reporting and real-time alerting make it a reliable choice for infrastructure teams looking for visibility and control. Just note that it supports only TCP ports, which can be a limitation for certain use cases

What do you dislike about the product?

While Radware WAF is solid for securing web apps, there are a few things that could be better. It doesn’t support UDP traffic, which limits onboarding for certain real-time applications

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

We faced a major integration problem with SIEM where RadWare helped with Logstash integration. Also was a great help in implementing SSO.

We use Radware Cloud WAF Service  for WAF  protection and API protection.

The best features of Radware Cloud WAF Service  are its ability to manage high traffic, its scalability, and its reliability. Whenever we observe any detections or unusual traffic at a high rate, Radware manages the replication of web applications in such a way that no web applications are ever hampered, ensuring all traffic is managed effectively.

Radware Cloud WAF Service has significantly reduced our false positives, as Radware keeps its policies up to date with emerging tactics. This has led to very few false positives, which is one reason we have chosen to implement Radware WAF in our environment, given its favorable false positive ratio.

In Radware Cloud WAF Service, the areas that have room for improvement include the costing part, as we faced some issues during the implementation and POC of this WAF technology.

Additionally, the policy management can be improved, along with the graphical user interface for better visualization, so any new user can adapt to its graphics and find it easier to use.

I have been using Radware Cloud WAF Service for around three plus years.

I would rate the support a perfect 10 out of 10 because the support is good.

We have seen a good amount of return on investment with Radware Cloud WAF Service, roughly 50 to 60%. By reviewing our alerts and traffic, we can assess what traffic has been blocked and how much it has saved our applications and infrastructure.

Given our critical web applications and our substantial environment, where many applications are onboarded on WAF, overall, we can say it has yielded good returns on investment.

When I compare Radware Cloud WAF Service with other WAF software, I notice that while Radware's technology is strong, the only cons we faced were related to costing and some policies. Other solutions are available in the market, but they also have their drawbacks.

We use the CDN  services offered by Radware with Radware Cloud WAF Service. The combination of CDN  and Radware Cloud WAF Service is easy to use, and the security it offers is good, especially with the WAF plus DDoS integration, which is ideal for media and all types of streaming.

I assess Radware Cloud WAF Service for blocking unknown threats and attacks as effective because it updates its mitigation policies with day-to-day strategies, incorporating new and emerging tactics. Additionally, it blocks some traffic based on AI, which enhances its ability to manage intrusion threats.

The automated analytics for looking at events is positive, as it has inbuilt automations that reduce our manual intervention. Due to this, there is a quick incident response in case of any high alert or critical case, ensuring that proper mitigations have been taken care of for any incident, which allows for a rapid response over any alert.

Radware Cloud WAF Service for integrating with other systems and applications in our business is seamless, as we have integrated Radware WAF with our SIEM  monitoring tool, Microsoft Sentinel . We can get centralized logs for every tool on Sentinel , and it was easy to implement and integrate with it. Throughout the integration with Sentinel , we received excellent support and good documentation.

I assess Radware Cloud WAF Service for its ability to protect against zero-day attacks as competent since it adapts behavioral models. If it observes any vulnerability that Radware WAF hasn't recognized in its recent models, it trains its models based on behavior to manage zero-day exploits, ensuring that if any sudden bot traffic or API abuse occurs, Radware mitigates it and blocks all such traffic effectively.

The combination of negative and behavior-based positive security models is crucial for our organization's security strategy because Radware assumes everything is allowed unless it observes any malicious activity or anomaly. In such cases, WAF only blocks when something malicious or specific signatures are observed, making it reliable for our applications and ensuring none are hampered by any false positives.

We use Radware Bot Manager . With Radware Bot Manager , we have discovered issues such as web scraping and DDoS bots from our incoming bot traffic that we weren't aware of before, as it provides detections for that and actively blocks all such DDoS traffic and bot traffic based on its AML algorithms. We have also enabled API bot protection.

We use the web DDoS protection offered by Radware. Radware Cloud WAF Service has helped in our business continuity by ensuring that no legitimate traffic is blocked. Only when something suspicious based on L3, L4, or L7 DDoS attacks or such signatures is observed does Radware block malicious traffic, guaranteeing reliability and continuity for our web applications.

The solution requires maintenance when we want to configure or tweak any policy, which is when we seek support from the tech team.

Our team includes 30 engineers who use Radware WAF. We will recommend this product to other users because we have suggested it to our peers. Looking at the solution this tool has provided us, we find it beneficial enough to promote it to others.

On a scale of 1-10, I rate this solution a 9.

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What do you like best about the product?

Strong defence against web and bot based attacks. Using it regularly for a comprehensive dashboard and view and easy to use and navigate.

What do you dislike about the product?

Managing false positive is challenging task.

What problems is the product solving and how is that benefiting you?

It is ensuring real-time protection against web attacks and bots which leads to high availability of the application and up-time. It has decresed the incidents being faced.

My use case for Radware Cloud WAF Service  is that we have Radware as one of our products for security protocols that we have established at our organization. Whenever there is a cloud security alert, we check Radware services so that we can mitigate the alerts.

What I appreciate the most about Radware Cloud WAF Service  is the API management. The API information that they provide is excellent. The hidden and non-discoverable APIs information available with Radware Cloud WAF  Service is really great.

I cannot share some important details of the incident that we received. That said, thanks to this feature, we were able to mitigate a threat. The information they provide and the discovery they do really help us out in some incidents.

They also help us meet compliance requirements. Being a big organization, we have to meet certain compliance standards, and for the PCI DSS, this product really helps us out.

Radware Cloud WAF Service is a comprehensive tool, and my functionality with it is limited as I'm working on multiple things at a time as a security consultant. In our organization, only specific tasks are assigned to a single individual. That's why I'm primarily focused on API security and sometimes DDoS attacks.

Radware Cloud WAF Service integrates very well with other applications and services; we have Microsoft TI tool with us, and it's integrated efficiently. We receive the alerts on time.

Regarding zero-day attacks, we are fortunate that we haven't received any as of now. For API security, I have closely seen how Radware Cloud WAF Service has helped us twice this year.

We use Radware Cloud WAF Service for our security purposes. We have a symbiotic relationship with Radware Cloud WAF Service. They provide us with information and necessary security steps, and we use it for our investigation or threat hunting.

As for the downsides of Radware Cloud WAF  Service, I would surely appreciate some AI integration with report management. Whenever we handle an incident, we have to generate many reports. We have to get data, information, and screenshots on multiple things. A future feature in Radware Cloud WAF Service that could give us a presentable report for our stakeholders would be a really great addition.

I have been using Radware Cloud WAF Service for about 18 months.

I have never seen any lagging, crashing, or downtime with Radware Cloud WAF Service.

The cloud engineering team has told us it's really scalable. Whenever we deploy something or integrate this, it's really flexible with the DevOps and DevSecOps  teams.

I have never contacted the technical support or customer support. We have communication through emails; nothing very technical.

Positive

The learning curve for using Radware Cloud WAF Service is very easy. There is nothing too complex about it.

We have these Radware information sessions and emails coming up to tell us the latest about what's happening in the cyber environment. They provide information on basic concepts and where to find it in the emails. Even a beginner can learn it within ten days.

Radware Cloud WAF Service does not require any maintenance on my end.

I have never used any alternatives to Radware Cloud WAF Service. In my previous company and currently at our company, it has been Radware Cloud WAF Service.

The source blocking feature is not utilized here as we use a different solution for source blocking. My colleague handles the Bot Manager aspects. Everyone here has different tasks, roles, and responsibilities, and we get assigned to specific incidents.

I rate Radware Cloud WAF Service nine out of ten.

My use cases for Radware Cloud WAF Service  in my current organization, where I serve as a Cyber Security expert and SOC analyst, involve deeply investigating live network traffic from both inside and outside our organization to improve security through real-time threat monitoring and live data analysis. For example, when a new application was set up in the Adani Group, which is a very big organization, we received significant traffic that day; we used Radware Cloud WAF Service  to check the indicators and investigate accordingly, based on the rules we had set. This not only helps during predefined activities but also during unexpected high traffic instances, allowing us to enhance security effectively.

While there are many features of Radware Cloud WAF  Service that I appreciate, one standout feature is the integration of seven applications of Adani for analysis, which provides a separate dashboard to monitor various domains effortlessly. 

The user experience is designed to be straightforward, allowing easy preferences and interactions. Radware Cloud WAF  Service effectively handles zero-day attacks by rapidly identifying vulnerabilities before they can affect our organization, which enhances our proactive measures through collaboration with various teams, such as the VA team, to address vulnerabilities and apply necessary patches.

Although I don't consider it to have significant downsides, I believe the UI could be improved to be more user-friendly, especially for new joiners in SOC who might struggle to understand the traffic based on numerical data. For instance, a tree chart feature available in other platforms, such as CrowdStrike, could simplify the understanding of traffic flow and save time on analysis.

I have been using Radware Cloud WAF Service for approximately 1.5 years, as I joined the Adani Group three months ago after working at N10 TechnoSoft, which involved development and cyber security.

I have not experienced any significant downtime or crashing with Radware Cloud WAF Service, although I have noticed occasional issues with logging in through SSO  that cause redirects to a 404 page, which I resolve by restarting my browser.

I find the scalability of Radware Cloud WAF Service to be very good and would rate it a 9 or a 9.5 on a scale of 1 to 10.

I have contacted the technical support and customer support multiple times due to the need for clarification on functionality in our 24/7 SOC environment, where understanding various features is crucial for analysis. They have been responsive and helpful, reaching out within a day or two. If I were to score the support on a scale from 1 to 10, I would give it an 8.5. I would round that score up to a 9.

Positive

The initial deployment of Radware Cloud WAF Service was easy; however, it required some time to understand fully. I estimate it took around two months to fully deploy Radware Cloud WAF Service for the first time, based on what I've heard from colleagues, as I recently joined the company where Radware Cloud WAF Service has been in use for more than three to four years.

Regarding current pricing, it is managed by our higher authorities, but I believe the price is reasonable for our organization. If we expand our services in the future, the current pricing doesn't pose an issue for us, especially as it opens opportunities for profitability based on the services we utilize from Radware Cloud WAF Service.

While I haven't used direct alternatives to Radware Cloud WAF Service, I can mention that we consider CSPM in our cloud segment. The company is exploring the possibility of providing services to other companies, signaling future growth and deeper integration of Radware Cloud WAF Service.

In terms of API usage, I focus on using the bot management and API security functionalities of Radware Cloud WAF Service, which protect against automated threats such as DDoS attacks created by bots. 

Overall, I would rate Radware Cloud WAF Service an 8.8; while there are strong features present, there is room for improvement, particularly concerning end-user analytics, which would justify a higher score.