EBook
Why WAFs Don’t Protect
You From API Attacks
Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) are excellent at filtering classic web threats like SQL injection, XSS, and volumetric abuse at the HTTP edge. But modern businesses run on APIs, and API attacks target identity, business logic, and data access patterns that generic WAFS are not designed to understand.
This ebook explains where WAFS stop and API risk begins, then walks through three high-impact use cases that routinely evade WAF-only defenses.
Read
Key Takeaways
- •WAFs protect known endpoints at the HTTP layer; API attacks exploit unknown/undocumented endpoints and business logic.
- •Identity, authorization (e.g., BOLA/BFLA), and sequence-aware detection are essential but not core WAF functions.
- •API security posture requires, context-aware RBAC, and runtime anomaly detection.
Trusted by teams at:
Scan your platform for
API threats within minutes
Just add your public API or URL. No integration needed.