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Web Application Firewall

What is Web Application Firewall?

A security solution that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP/HTTPS traffic to and from web applications to protect against web-based attacks.

Information Security

Terms that appear alongside web application firewall

Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as web application firewall. The number is how many controls name both.

Frameworks that govern web application firewall

NIST SP 800-53 Rev 5View framework →CIS Controls v8View framework →

What the standards actually require on web application firewall

Requirements naming web application firewall across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Azure Security Benchmark1 control

Deploy a web application firewall in front of web applications and APIs and configure rules appropriate to the application-layer attacks those endpoints face.

ASBv3-NS-6 · Deploy web application firewall →
Saudi NCA ECC1 control

A web application firewall is used. This applies to purchased and internally developed external applications; for third-party operated applications the supplier must show a WAF is used.

saudi-nca-ecc::2-15-3-1 · 2-15-3-1 Web application firewall →
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications2 controls

Security Dimension 1 Access Control per X.805 Clause 6.1: Access Control guards network resources against use without authorization, admitting only authorized staff or devices to services, applications, information flows, stored information and network element...

X805-Dim1-Access-Control-RBAC-Authorization-Resources-Network-Elements-Services-Applications · ITU-T X.805 Security Dimension 1 - Access Control + Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) + Authorization + Resources + Network Elements + Services + Applications + Access Limitations + Authorized Personnel + Discretionary + Mandatory Access Control →

Questions people ask about web application firewall

What is Web Application Firewall?
A security solution that monitors, filters, and blocks HTTP/HTTPS traffic to and from web applications to protect against web-based attacks.
Why is Web Application Firewall important for compliance?
Web Application Firewall is a key concept in Information Security. Understanding web application firewall helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Web Application Firewall?
Web Application Firewall appears in the requirement text of Azure Security Benchmark, Saudi NCA ECC, ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications. Across these standards we have identified 4 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Web Application Firewall?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how web application firewall applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.