Website protection, switched on
Protection that keeps your
site online and out of trouble
WAF-FW sits in front of your website and checks every visitor in real time. Attacks, bad bots and abuse are stopped before they ever reach you, so real customers get through fast and the rest never do.
There is nothing to install and nothing for you to run. It is delivered as a service, always on and updating itself against new threats, with a live dashboard and instant alerts so you always know exactly what was blocked and when.
Learn MoreWhat you get
Protection built for real websites
Everything runs in front of your site as a service. There is nothing for you to install, patch or babysit.
Attack blocking
Harmful requests are stopped in real time, before they ever reach your pages.
Read MoreBad-bot filtering
Scrapers, fake signups and credential stuffing are caught while real customers pass straight through.
Read MoreDDoS and flood defense
Sudden request floods are soaked up automatically, so your site stays online when it matters most.
Read MoreAbuse and rate control
Repeat offenders and abusive spikes are slowed and blocked before they can do any harm.
Read MoreLive traffic dashboard
See who is visiting and what was blocked, live, without digging through server logs.
Read MoreInstant alerts
Get told the moment something is blocked, so you are never the last to know.
Read MoreIn practice
How WAF-FW protects you
The same threats hit every site on the internet. Here is what WAF-FW stops before it ever reaches you.
Blocked exploit attempts
Every request is inspected in real time. Injection attempts, path traversal and other malicious payloads are recognised and stopped at the edge, so they never touch your application or your data. Legitimate visitors are never slowed down.
Filtered bad bots and scrapers
Automated abuse is a constant. WAF-FW tells real people apart from bad bots and quietly turns away credential stuffing, content scraping and fake signups, while your genuine customers pass straight through without a challenge.
Absorbed traffic floods
When a flood of requests hits, WAF-FW soaks it up in front of your site. Abuse spikes and denial-of-service attempts are absorbed before they reach your origin, so your pages keep loading for real customers even under pressure.
FAQs
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know about keeping your site protected with WAF-FW, in plain language.
WAF-FW sits in front of your website and checks every visitor in real time. Attacks, bad bots and abusive traffic are blocked before they reach you, while real customers pass straight through.
No. There is nothing to install and nothing for you to run. WAF-FW is delivered as a service, so you simply point your site at it and protection starts.
No. Real visitors get through with no added delay while harmful traffic is filtered out in the background. In many cases pages load faster, not slower.
The attack is blocked the moment it happens and logged, and you get an instant alert. Your live dashboard shows exactly what was stopped and when, so you are never left guessing.
News
Latest updates and security notes
Product news and plain-language write-ups on the threats we see and block.
Sophos has detailed a year of security improvements for its firewall platform, including stronger MFA enrollment, behavioral monitoring, visible hotfix status and upcoming scheduled firmware updates. The company is also developing fleet-scale forensic collection and using autonomous AI systems to test real firewall appliances for vulnerabilities.
Broadcom has issued urgent updates for five vulnerabilities affecting VMware products, including critical flaws in vCenter and the VMXNET3 virtual network adapter. The most serious weaknesses could allow unauthenticated access, remote code execution or an escape from a compromised virtual machine into the ESX host.
Authorities are investigating coordinated cyberattacks that affected more than 30 water systems across Minnesota. Some communities experienced temporary operational disruption, but officials reported no impact on drinking-water quality and several utilities maintained service through manual procedures and contingency plans.