Azure WAF’s Bot Manager 1.1 and JavaScript Challenge: Navigating the Bot Threat Terrain
Discover how Azure WAF’s Bot Manager 1.1 and the JavaScript Challenge elevate your bot protection strategy. In this blog, we explore how these advanced features in Azure Front Door and Application Gateway provide a robust defense against malicious bots while ensuring legitimate traffic flows smoothly. Learn how to fine-tune your web application’s security to safeguard against evolving bot threats without compromising on performance.Navigating Azure WAF Exclusions
Exclusions in Azure WAF (Web Application Firewall) are a critical feature that allows administrators to fine-tune security rules by specifying elements that should not be evaluated by WAF rules. This capability is essential for reducing false positives and ensuring that legitimate traffic flows unimpeded. Exclusions are designed to fine-tune the WAF’s sensitivity, allowing legitimate traffic to pass through while maintaining robust security measures. They are particularly useful in scenarios where certain request attributes, such as specific cookie values or query strings, are known to be safe but might trigger WAF rules due to their content or structure.
Enhancing Cybersecurity: Geomatch Custom Rules in Azure WAF
If you are looking for a way to customize your Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) rules to match your specific needs, you might want to check out geomatch custom rules. Geomatch custom rules allow you to filter requests based on the geographic location of the client IP address, giving you more control and flexibility over your web traffic. In this blog post, we will show you how to create and apply geomatch custom rules on Azure WAF and share some best practices and tips for using them effectively.DRS 2.1 for Azure FrontDoor WAF General Availability
DRS 2.1 is baselined off the Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) Core Rule Set (CRS) 3.3.2 andincludes the Microsoft Threat Intelligence (MSTIC) rules that are written in partnership with the Microsoft Intelligence team. DRS 2.1 is now generally available for Azure Frontdoor WAF
