Reasons Your Office Needs Web Application Firewall (WAF) Solutions

 

To Defend Against Forgery Attacks

- Web application firewalls help defend your website against cross-site request forgery (CSRF) attacks. At the individual level, these attacks may mislead you into using your credentials to complete an unauthorized action, such as transferring money or changing passwords. At the administrative level, such threats can infiltrate your server and take complete control over your website. 


To Block Unauthorized Data Access

- A reliable WAF solution will detect malicious SQL injections, an attack threat actors use to access databases and steal or destroy information. Often, the attacker will spoof an identity, make themselves an administrator, modify data, or retrieve information using a well-thought-out SQL command execution. Sometimes, the perpetrators may distract database administrators with a DDoS attack so that you would not notice they are already accessing sensitive information.


To Prevent Website Outages

- Web application firewall solutions implement protective measures against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. These attacks aim to overwhelm the target website by flooding it with internet traffic and rendering it inaccessible (as would have happened with the Philippine Congress website in 2024 if they did not have a reliable IT team on board). The right WAF will mitigate such threats by acting as a reverse proxy and protecting your server from harmful traffic. Custom rules to filter said traffic also increase the chance of preventing DDoS attacks from succeeding. 


To Stop Online Impersonators

- A solid WAF security will protect your web applications from malicious actors who pose as someone else. When attackers attempt to execute impersonations through cross-site request forgery and SQL-injecting attacks, a reliable web application firewall detects such methods, filtering out unusual, dubious elements before they damage or shut down your website. 


To Avoid Transaction Interruptions

- Many government websites in the Philippines are used for essential transactions. Your constituents complete activities such as checking their social security status, booking a passport application appointment, securing an NBI certificate, and downloading tax-related documents via government web applications. Hackers and attackers would want to hamper these processes, inconveniencing both your agency and the people you serve.


To Protect Your Reputation

- Website downtimes will make your users complain, especially if they are in the middle of completing an online transaction. As these inconveniences pile up, they may affect your reputation and erode public trust. Web application firewalls can help prevent this downgrade by consistently mitigating website threats.


Do you want to learn more? Read about What is the difference between a firewall and a WAF .

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