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Fastly Next-Gen WAF: Advanced Protection for Web Applications, APIs, and Microservices

Comprehensive Protection for Your Applications and APIs

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF, powered by Signal Sciences, offers advanced protection for web applications, APIs, and microservices, ensuring that your digital assets are safeguarded against evolving threats. This single unified solution provides a holistic approach to security, allowing you to focus on scaling your business without compromising on protection.

Key Benefits of Fastly Next-Gen WAF

Fastly Next-Gen WAF eliminates false positives, with almost 90% of customers utilizing full blocking mode to ensure robust security measures. With over 90,000 app deployments protected, the solution has been trusted and proven across various industries. The WAF deploys seamlessly across different environments, from edge to on-prem, supporting over 100 cloud-native and data center platforms.

Advanced Threat Detection and Blocking

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF goes beyond OWASP Top 10 attacks to defend against advanced threats like account takeover (ATO) via credential stuffing, API abuse, malicious bots, and more. By leveraging intelligent monitoring and real-time threat detection capabilities, the solution offers comprehensive protection against sophisticated cyber threats that could compromise your applications and APIs.

Innovative Security Approach

The Fastly Next-Gen WAF utilizes a patented approach that combines lightweight software modules and agents to gather security data. With advanced detection methods like SmartParse and Network Learning Exchange (NLX), the solution not only detects potential threats but also proactively defends against emerging attack patterns. The management console provides actionable insights and metrics, ensuring operational manageability and security optimization.

Flexible Deployment Options

Fastly Next-Gen WAF offers flexible deployment options, catering to diverse infrastructures from cloud-native to legacy applications. Whether you choose cloud and container-native installations, datacenter deployments, edge protection, cloud-based WAF hosting, or hybrid configurations, the solution adapts to your specific needs, providing centralized management and visibility across your environment.

Enhancing Security with Fastly: A Comparison with Imperva

Why Move to Fastly?

Fastly's Next-Gen WAF offers a range of benefits that set it apart from Imperva. With fewer false positives, improved visibility, a more performant network, better bot management, and DevSecOps-friendly features, Fastly simplifies security operations. Fastly's SmartParse detection engine enables accurate attack traffic classification, reducing the reliance on regex rulesets. Signals provide deep visibility into traffic behavior, aiding in threat detection and response. Fastly's network boasts higher performance, ensuring better customer experiences. Additionally, Fastly's Bot Management tool offers enhanced control over bot traffic. Its API-first security portfolio simplifies integration with common development and operations tools. Fastly's Next-Gen WAF deploys rapidly across various environments, ensuring comprehensive protection.

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Elevating Digital Media Performance with Fastly API Management: A Case Study of Gannett | USA TODAY Network

How Fastly Empowers Gannett | USA TODAY Network

Gannett | USA TODAY Network, the country's leading local-to-national digital media organization, has redefined its digital media strategy by leveraging Fastly's API Management. Fastly's seamless support has enhanced worldwide response times by 25-30%, facilitated the management of news-driven traffic spikes, and fostered innovative edge solutions at reduced costs.

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Fastly vs Akamai CDN: A Comprehensive Comparison and Analysis

Why move to Fastly?

Fastly provides a quantifiably superior solution compared to other platforms, offering real-time content control, improved performance, and the ability to develop modern applications faster at the edge on a global network. By examining Fastly's advantages over Akamai, users can gain insights into why Fastly stands out in the crowded CDN market.

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Fastly Signal Sciences Security Solutions and Support for DDoS Attacks

Expert Support for Cyber Attacks

Facing a cyber attack can be a daunting experience for any organization. However, with Fastly’s Signal Sciences security solution, you can rest assured that expert support is just a call away. Dial 844-4FASTLY and receive expedited assistance round the clock during global business hours. Fastly’s team of security experts is dedicated to diagnosing attacks swiftly and optimizing configurations to restore your services while implementing measures to safeguard against future threats.

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Revolutionizing Internet Delivery with Fastly's High-Density POPs and Edge Cloud Platform

Fastly's Innovative Approach to Internet Delivery

In today's fast-paced digital landscape, traditional content delivery networks (CDNs) are evolving to meet the demands of the modern internet. Fastly, a leading edge cloud platform provider, has revolutionized internet delivery by deploying a network of high-density points of presence (POPs) strategically located around the world. Unlike legacy CDNs that rely on numerous dispersed POPs, Fastly focuses on fewer, more powerful POPs equipped with Tier 1 transit, solid-state drive (SSD) powered servers, and a team dedicated to optimizing for speed.

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