Brocade(r) Virtual Web Application Firewall (formerly the SteelApp Web Application Firewall) is the only web application firewall solution able to scale to the largest distributed applications in global cloud platforms which is a critical business requirement as a strong security layer is a necessary component for any complex web application that handles sensitive data. With Brocade Web App Firewall (vWAF) you can implement a distributed architecture for high performance across all environments, proactively detect and block attacks at the application layer and update baseline protection rule sets regularly to meet evolving threats. At runtime, requests are analysed and legitimate requests are passed to the web application. Definite attacks are repelled and data is saved to identify and trace the attacker and requests whose danger cannot be assessed are either rejected or passed on, depending on the local rating and installed security policy. Brocade vWAF analyzes your web applications' responses so sensitive information like credit card numbers can be filtered out and it also gathers key behavioral information to further optimize protection. Through logging and analyzing of user activities and attack profiles rulesets can be tuned to eliminate additional suspicious behavior and reduce false positives. Logging and automatic weekly and monthly reports help demonstrate compliance for legal and contractual requirements.