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Azure Web Application Firewall

Gain powerful protection for web apps and APIs with Azure cloud-native web application firewall (WAF) service.
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Overview

Improve security for your web applications

  • Actively protect web applications from the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) top 10 security risks.
  • Defend against malicious bot and DDoS attacks at the network edge and datacenters with custom and managed rule sets.
  • Keep an eye on your environment and security alerts with detailed reports on each threat.
  • Streamline DevOps processes and increase your security posture.
FEATURES

Simple yet powerful protection

Protect web apps with managed rule sets

Increase security, reduce false positives, and improve performance with the Azure Web Application Firewall detection engine combined with updated rule sets.
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Deploy easily with no additional software agent required

Centrally define and customize rules to meet your security requirements, then apply them to protect all your web apps.
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Get insight into security and analytics

Combine Microsoft Sentinel with Azure Web Application Firewall to easily break down and view your WAF data.
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Enforce organizational compliance at scale

Use Azure Policy to help enforce organizational standards and assess compliance at scale for Web Application Firewall resources. 
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Improve security and performance at the edge

Gain advanced security, scalability, and accelerated delivery of apps, files, and content using Azure Front Door.
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Monitor security alerts and logs

Track diagnostic information including security alerts and logs that provide detailed reporting on detected threats with Azure Monitor.
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SECURITY

Built-in security and compliance

Microsoft has committed to investing USD 20 billion in cybersecurity over five years.
We employ more than 8,500 security and threat intelligence experts across 77 countries.
Azure has one of the largest compliance certification portfolios in the industry.
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PRICING

Azure Web Application Firewall

There are no upfront costs to use Azure Web Application Firewall—pay for only what you use. No pre-commitment required. 
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Plan for your networking and network security needs

Build a secure, performant, and cost-effective networking solution for your business needs.
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CUSTOMER STORIES

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“In our on-premises environment, each security layer was standalone, presented in several dashboards. In Azure, we wanted to focus not only on the available solutions, but also combining their functionalities into a single easy-to-deploy, easy-to-manage, highly secure environment.”
André Beerendonk, Team Manager for IT Operations, VECOZO
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“Security requires a lot of investment and knowledge, and we need providers like Microsoft that we can trust so we can focus on the business. We use Azure DDoS Protection Standard and Azure Web Application Firewall on Azure Application Gateway to protect our business-critical workloads and data streams across our environment.”
Marius Matonis, Senior Technical Lead, Elvia
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RESOURCES

Azure Web Application Firewall resources and documentation

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Learning

Get started with Web Application Firewall

See how Azure Web Application Firewall protects Azure web applications from common attacks, and learn about its features, how it's deployed, and common use cases.
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Documentation

Implement Web Application Firewall

See how easy it is to configure Web Application Firewall in the Azure portal.
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Documentation

Browse the Web Application Firewall documentation

Access all the supporting Web Application Firewall documentation in one location.
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Documentation

Use WAF policy on Azure Front Door

Learn how to create a WAF policy on Azure Front Door using the Azure portal.
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Learning

Get to know secure application delivery

Delve into Azure Web Application Firewall, Azure Private Link, and Azure Bastion.
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Frequently asked questions

  • Azure Web Application Firewall is a cloud-native service that protects your web applications from bot attacks and common web vulnerabilities such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting.
  • Yes. Enable DDoS protection on Azure Virtual Network where Azure Application Gateway is deployed. This ensures that the Azure DDoS protection service also protects the application gateway virtual IP (VIP).
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