Managed WAAP for Modern Web Applications

A WAF (Web Application Firewall) focuses on filtering and blocking malicious HTTP traffic to web applications. WAAP (Web Application and API Protection) is an evolution that adds API security, bot management, DDoS protection, and often includes a CDN. AppTrana WAAP provides all these capabilities in a fully managed service, meaning you get comprehensive protection without needing to configure or tune complex rules—our security experts handle that for you 24/7.

Virtual patching provides immediate protection for known vulnerabilities without requiring any code changes. AppTrana's built-in DAST scanner continuously scans your applications and identifies vulnerabilities. When a vulnerability is found, our security team creates a custom WAF rule within 24 hours (often much faster) that blocks exploitation attempts at the edge. This buys your developers time to fix the underlying code while keeping you protected—and helps you pass compliance audits immediately.

SwyftComply is AppTrana's compliance automation feature designed to help you pass PCI DSS, SOC 2, HIPAA, and ISO 27001 security audits effortlessly. It combines automated vulnerability scanning with instant virtual patching to demonstrate continuous protection. When auditors require evidence of vulnerability remediation, SwyftComply provides audit-ready documentation and compliance reports showing that all known vulnerabilities are protected—even before code fixes are deployed.

AppTrana provides comprehensive API security by automatically discovering all your APIs—including shadow and undocumented endpoints. It uses a positive security model to validate API requests against expected schemas, prevents authentication bypass and broken object-level authorization (BOLA), enforces rate limiting, and blocks all OWASP API Security Top 10 threats in real-time. API traffic is continuously monitored for anomalies and suspicious behavior patterns.

AppTrana provides multi-layer DDoS protection against volumetric, protocol, and application-layer attacks. The global CDN absorbs and filters malicious traffic at the edge before it reaches your origin servers. Protection includes Layer 3/4 network DDoS mitigation with unlimited capacity and Layer 7 application DDoS protection that distinguishes between legitimate users and attack traffic. During attacks, our SOC team provides real-time monitoring and custom mitigation to ensure service availability.

AppTrana's bot mitigation uses machine learning and behavioral analysis to distinguish between good bots (search crawlers), bad bots (scrapers, credential stuffers), and human users. It protects against credential stuffing, account takeover, web scraping, inventory hoarding, and automated fraud. The system employs device fingerprinting, CAPTCHA challenges, and rate limiting, with custom policies that can allow certain bots while blocking harmful automation.

While Cloudflare and Akamai are excellent WAF providers, AppTrana differentiates with its fully managed approach and zero false positives guarantee. Unlike self-service WAFs where you configure and tune rules yourself, AppTrana's 24/7 SOC handles all tuning, custom rules, and incident response. Key advantages: built-in vulnerability scanner + instant virtual patching, 100% customer recommendation on Gartner, and typically 30-50% lower total cost than enterprise WAF alternatives.

AppTrana can be deployed in under 15 minutes. Simply add your domain, update your DNS to point to AppTrana's global network, and protection begins immediately. No hardware, no software installation, no complex configuration. The platform starts in monitor mode to learn your traffic patterns, then our security team enables blocking rules with guaranteed zero false positives. Full WAF optimization typically completes within 24-48 hours.

Yes, AppTrana offers a 14-day free trial with full access to WAAP features including WAF, API security, DDoS protection, bot mitigation, and vulnerability scanning. The trial includes 24/7 SOC monitoring and expert support. No credit card required to start. You can also request a personalized demo from our security experts who can show you AppTrana's unique capabilities including virtual patching, SwyftComply, and managed security services.