What is our primary use case?
Our main use case for Radware DDoS is to protect our internet facing applications and services from DDoS attacks and ensure they remain available to legitimate users. It helps detect and mitigate suspicious traffic in real time, reducing the risk of service disruptions.
Radware has signature-based protection also helps identify and block known attack patterns. Overall, it adds an extra layer of security to our environment and works well for our needs.
How has it helped my organization?
Radware DDoS helps us protect our applications and services against large volumetric and application-layer DDoS attacks. It continuously monitors traffic and helps detect and mitigate malicious requests in real time, reducing the risk of service disruption.
One of the key benefits is its ability to identify abnormal traffic patterns and block malicious traffic before it affects service availability. Its automated mitigation capabilities also help reduce the need for manual intervention during an attack.
Overall, Radware DDoS adds an important layer of security to our infrastructure, improves resilience against DDoS threats, and helps maintain the availability and stability of our services.
What is most valuable?
Best key features I find useful in Radware DDoS are real-time attack detection, automated mitigation, and behavioral analysis. These capabilities help identify unusual traffic patterns and distinguish potential attack traffic from legitimate requests.
Its protection against volumetric and Layer 7 attacks helps secure network resources and applications against different types of DDoS threats. Automated mitigation also helps the security team respond quickly without relying entirely on manual intervention.
Overall, these features make Radware DDoS a valuable solution for improving threat detection, reducing the impact of attacks, and maintaining service availability.
What needs improvement?
Radware DDoS provides strong protection and visibility, but the solution could be improved with more advanced automation and analytics. Better real-time attack correlation, faster root-cause analysis with AI Assistant on dashboard and more granular dashboards would help security teams respond faster.
More automated attack detection, policy recommendations, and faster mitigation with less manual intervention.
For how long have I used the solution?
I have been using Radware DDoS for the past five years.
What do I think about the stability of the solution?
Yes, Radware DDoS has been stable in our environment. From an operational perspective, the platform provides consistent traffic visibility and mitigation during security events without requiring frequent manual intervention. The monitoring and telemetry help us validate traffic patterns and mitigation status during an attack.
Overall, the solution has been reliable for protecting our internet-facing services and handling changing traffic conditions.
What do I think about the scalability of the solution?
Radware DDoS provides strong scalability and is well suited for environments with fluctuating traffic volumes. The cloud-based architecture allows protection capacity to scale during traffic spikes and DDoS events without requiring significant changes to the underlying infrastructure.
From an operational perspective, this is useful for internet-facing applications where traffic patterns can change quickly. The visibility into traffic and attack volumes also helps the security team monitor capacity and validate mitigation during an incident.
How are customer service and support?
Radware technical support has been responsive and helpful, particularly for troubleshooting WAF/DDoS events and configuration-related issues. The technical team provides useful guidance during incident analysis, policy tuning, and deployment activities. Overall, the support experience has been good, with room for faster resolution on complex issues.
Which solution did I use previously and why did I switch?
We previously used AWS WAF for web application security. We moved to Radware mainly because we needed stronger and more scalable DDoS protection, along with better visibility and control during large-scale attacks. Radware has been a better fit for protecting our critical internet-facing applications and infrastructure.
How was the initial setup?
The initial setup was straightforward, application onboarding, DNS/routing configuration, SSL certificate mapping, and WAF policy tuning. The main effort was validating traffic flow and fine-tuning security rules before production rollout.
What about the implementation team?
We did not use an external integrator or consultant for the deployment. The implementation was handled internally with support from the Radware technical team, primarily covering application onboarding, DNS/routing configuration, WAF policy configuration, traffic validation, and production tuning.
What was our ROI?
Yes, we have seen ROI from an operational and security perspective. Radware DDoS reduces the risk of service disruption from volumetric and application-layer attacks and reduces the amount of manual effort required during an incident. The centralized visibility, automated mitigation, and attack analytics also help the security team respond faster and investigate incidents more efficiently. The value is particularly evident when protecting business-critical internet-facing applications.
What's my experience with pricing, setup cost, and licensing?
We purchased Radware DDoS from the partner. The deployment and integration were relatively straightforward, particularly from an AWS environment. Pricing and licensing were reasonable compared with other enterprise solutions we evaluated. The main consideration is understanding the licensing model and expected traffic/usage upfront to avoid unexpected costs as the environment scales.
Which other solutions did I evaluate?
Before choosing Radware DDoS, we evaluated solutions including F5 and Indusface. F5 provides strong application and traffic management capabilities, while Indusface is more focused on WAF and application security. Radware stood out for its DDoS mitigation capabilities, traffic visibility, scalability, and ability to handle large-volume attacks while protecting critical internet-facing applications.
What other advice do I have?
I would rate Radware DDoS a 9/10 overall. From a network security perspective, I particularly value its visibility into attack traffic, telemetry, and mitigation activity. During security incidents, the graphical traffic trends and detailed event information make it easier to understand the attack pattern, identify anomalies, and validate that mitigation is working as expected.
I would recommend Radware for organizations protecting critical internet-facing applications and services. Before deployment, I would suggest evaluating the complete architecture, traffic flows, DDoS protection, WAF, and Bot Manager capabilities together, along with SIEM integration and operational requirements. This helps ensure the solution fits the organization's security and monitoring model.
Which deployment model are you using for this solution?
Public Cloud
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