Fastly Next-Gen WAF vs. Fastly

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF offers strong defense for applications, APIs, and microservices, regardless of where they are hosted, through an integrated solution. It provides extensive reporting and alerting features that improve visibility at Layer 7 throughout your application and API ecosystem. By smoothly integrating with both your DevOps and security workflows, it promotes data sharing and correlation that streamline automation, which in turn helps to minimize security risks and quicken CI/CD processes. Utilizing SmartParse, a sophisticated detection method, the system evaluates the context of each incoming request to effectively recognize potentially harmful or suspicious payloads. This cutting-edge strategy requires minimal adjustments and supports rapid threat identification. Moreover, it protects against account takeover (ATO) threats by analyzing web requests and connecting abnormal behavior to possible malicious activities, thereby ensuring a heightened level of security for your digital properties. This forward-thinking strategy not only bolsters security measures but also fosters trust in the durability of your applications, ultimately contributing to a more secure digital environment. As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-based infrastructure, the importance of such robust security solutions becomes even more critical.

The leading edge cloud platform available today empowers developers, fosters customer connections, and facilitates business growth. Our innovative solution is crafted to enhance both your existing technology and your teams' capabilities. By moving data and applications closer to users at the network's edge, our platform significantly boosts the performance of your websites and applications. Fastly's highly customizable CDN enables you to tailor content delivery right where it's needed most. Users will appreciate having immediate access to the information they seek. Our robust Points of Presence (POPs), equipped with solid-state drives (SSDs), are strategically positioned in well-connected areas across the globe. This setup allows for extended caching periods, minimizing the need to retrieve data from the original source. Instant Purge and batch purging through surrogate keys enable rapid caching and invalidation of dynamic content, ensuring that you can always deliver up-to-date news, inventory levels, and weather updates. With such capabilities, your platform is not only efficient but also adaptable to ever-evolving user demands.