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Industry Leading WAF Protection

Powerful Web Application Firewall (WAF) integrated with our leading application security portfolio.
Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice 2022
  • Cloudflare named a 2022 Gartner® Peer Insights™ Customers’ Choice for WAF
  • Cloudflare is a leader in the Forrester Wave™: Web Application Firewalls, Q3 2022 report
  • Cloudflare is a leader in the 2022 Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP)
Gartner Peer Insights Customers' Choice 2022
Enterprise-grade security

Cloudflare Web Application Firewall (WAF)

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Better security from global intelligence

Our threat intelligence is constantly sharpened by insights gained from our global network processing 2 trillion daily requests, ensuring our WAF keeps organizations safer against emerging threats.

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Powerful Cloudflare protection

Machine learning adds powerful rulesets that stop threats including newly discovered "zero days", as well as bypasses and attack variations. With custom rules you can configure your WAF to protect against any threat or implement business-specific policies.

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Fast deployment and easy management

Global WAF protection is set up with just a few simple clicks. Nothing to deploy, no weeks-long training or professional services expenses. You have a single control pane to easily manage it all.

WAF layered defenses

WAF Managed Rules Engine
  • Cloudflare managed rules offer advanced zero-day vulnerability protections.
  • Core OWASP rules block familiar “Top 10” attack techniques.
  • Custom rulesets deliver tailored protections to block any threat.
  • WAF Machine Learning complements WAF rulesets by detecting bypasses and attack variations of RCE, XSS and SQLi attacks.
  • Exposed credential checks monitor and block use of stolen/exposed credentials for account takeover
  • Sensitive data detection alerts on responses containing sensitive data.
  • Advanced rate limiting prevents abuse, DDoS, brute force attempts along with API-centric controls.
  • Flexible response options allow for blocking, logging, rate limiting or challenging.
WAF Managed Rules Engine

Trusted by millions of Internet properties, in every industry, including:

Cloudflare WAF Advantages

The Cloudflare web application firewall (WAF) is the cornerstone of our advanced application security portfolio that keeps applications secure and productive. Learn more about our cloud-based WAF solution (view data sheet).

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Complete application security from our global network, with a single, integrated rules engine delivering an effective, uniform security.

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Unparalleled security analytics give attack insights no other WAF provides.

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Zero-day protections are in place fast for immediate virtual patching. These managed rules are deployed globally in seconds.

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Machine learning protections, trained by our unparalleled visibility into threats, catch evasions and attacks.

Faster, easier security deployments for quicker mitigations and time-to-value.

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We are an application security leader according to leading analysts.

We stop modern application security threats

2021 saw more than 20K vulnerabilities to exploit - the greatest number of vulns on record.

There are billions of stolen credentials on the dark web to fuel credential stuffing that leads to account takeover.

Attackers have web servers in the crosshairs as they are the top IT asset targeted - in 50% of attacks.

Companies need 16 days to patch - leaving attackers weeks to exploit vulnerabilities.

Recognized leadership in web application protection

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Cloudflare named a “Leader” in Web Application and API Protection

We believe this recognition in the Gartner® 2022 Magic Quadrant™ for Web Application and API Protection validates that we protect against emerging threats faster, offer tighter integration of multiple security capabilities, and deliver powerful ease of use and deployment.

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Cloudflare named a “Leader” for Web Application Firewalls

In the 2022 Forrester Wave™ for Web Application Firewalls, we received the highest score of all assessed vendors in the strategy category, and were recognized as “a top choice for those prioritizing usability and looking for a unified application security platform.”

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Get access to Enterprise-only features:

24/7/365 support via chat, email, and phone
24/7/365 support via chat, email, and phone
Phone, chat, and email 24/7/365 support with median response time of 15 minutes.
100% uptime guarantee with 25x reimbursement SLA
100% uptime guarantee with 25x reimbursement SLA
In the rare event of downtime, Enterprise customers receive a 25x credit against the monthly fee, in proportion to the respective disruption and affected customer ratio.
Predictable flat-rate pricing for usage based products
Predictable flat-rate pricing for usage based products
Only enterprise customers can negotiate flat rate pricing on Argo, Rate limiting, Workers, Load Balancing, Live Stream and more.
Advanced Cache controls
Advanced Cache controls
Enterprise customers have lower TTLs and can purge cache by tag or host.
Bot management
Bot management
Use the power of Cloudflare's network to intelligently manage bot traffic to your application in order to prevent credential stuffing, inventory hoarding, content scraping and other types of fraud.
Access to raw logs
Access to raw logs
Take charge of your data and run your own analytics using raw log data from web assets on Cloudflare's network.
Firewall analytics
Firewall analytics
Understand the impact of your WAF configuration. Firewall Analytics let you know if a rule is effective by illustrating the impact in an easy to digest format.
Role based access
Role based access
Provide role-based access throughout your organization. Each user is given set permissions, individual API keys, and optional two-factor authentication.
Network prioritization
Network prioritization
Enterprise web assets are placed on Cloudflare dedicated IP ranges, providing prioritized routing and protection to ensure maximum speed and availability.

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