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Radware Cloud WAF Service pros and cons

Vendor: Radware
4.4 out of 5
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PROS

Radware Cloud WAF Service provides excellent DDoS protection and effectively manages attacks, enhancing threat management capabilities.
The service offers advanced bot protection, significantly reducing attack vulnerabilities and blocking malicious traffic efficiently.
Geo-blocking features allow organizations to restrict traffic based on regions, improving security by preventing access from unwanted locations.
API security protects against advanced attacks, including business logic attacks, and provides valuable threat intelligence.
Radware Cloud WAF Service effectively handles zero-day attacks, rapidly identifying vulnerabilities and enhancing proactive measures.

CONS

Radware Cloud WAF Service needs enhancements in API integration and documentation, as well as support for custom ports for application onboarding.
Customers face challenges with certificate management, particularly with the renewal process for HTTPS security.
Improvements are required for Radware Cloud WAF Service's IP blocking process, as it takes significant time to block flagged IPs, affecting response efficiency.
There is a need for more timely updates on zero-day protection and better handling of geo-fencing and IP blocking, currently taking around an hour.
Enhancing the reporting features, particularly for DDoS attacks, with more intuitive real-time monitoring, would benefit management in making faster decisions.
 

Radware Cloud WAF Service Pros review quotes

Sumesh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Cloud Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 12, 2022
The solution offers good protection.
reviewer2101911 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 14, 2023
It provides the first level of defense against external threats trying to come into the environment, but it's one of the many toolkits we use.
Joaquim Colome - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Unit Chief at ATM - AUTORITAT DEL TRANSPORT METROPOLITA
Feb 17, 2023
The solution requires very little maintenance; we install it, it works without any problems, is reliable, and we can almost forget about it.
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reviewer1579545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 23, 2023
From a financial point of view, we no longer need to appropriate more horsepower to our backend web servers constantly to service these requests because Cloud WAF is preventing malicious bots from accessing our web page. It reduced the load on our backend.
Eddy Ramirez - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2023
The isolation feature is the most important one because everything is going directly to Radware first and then it goes into our system. What we get is the filtered version of everything that would otherwise come directly to us.
Werner Lunow - PeerSpot reviewer
CISO at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 2, 2026
Cloud WAF's interface is easy to use and protects us from OWASP Top Ten threats. Our dev team do QA checks on applications before they go live, but Cloud WAF creates an additional security layer on our website.
Cristopher Torres - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineering Lead at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees
Mar 16, 2023
I particularly appreciate the low administrative burden of this solution, as well as the excellent monitoring tools.
Stefan Spasic - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Expert at NLB DigIT
Mar 22, 2023
Radware Cloud WAF Service has several valuable features, with good support and a user-friendly GUI.
reviewer2157408 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2023
DDoS protection is a valuable feature that works efficiently.
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Consultor with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 16, 2023
The API Discovery is also very good because the application is outsourced, which means that we don't have the code. API Discovery allowed me to discover precisely how to orchestrate the API so that I could see the results.
 

Radware Cloud WAF Service Cons review quotes

Sumesh Kumar - PeerSpot reviewer
Manager Cloud Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
Sep 12, 2022
The integration part could be better.
reviewer2101911 - PeerSpot reviewer
Executive Director at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 14, 2023
There is a lot more that is expected from Radware's automated analytics for looking at events. There needs to be more context of where protection is required these days.
Joaquim Colome - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Unit Chief at ATM - AUTORITAT DEL TRANSPORT METROPOLITA
Feb 17, 2023
The primary area for improvement is in issue detection and understanding whether a log is a false positive. It can sometimes be a challenge to take the data of a given security event and determine if it's a genuine threat using a Wiki etc.
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reviewer1579545 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Architect at a financial services firm with 10,001+ employees
Feb 23, 2023
Our only complaint is the reporting on the DDoS side. We also use Radware for on-premises DDoS protection and their Vision product. I just want to give paint you an example. We face so many Layer 3 and Layer 4 DDoS attacks on Cloud WAF. The reporting on those types of attacks can be improved.
Eddy Ramirez - PeerSpot reviewer
IT Security Director at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Feb 24, 2023
The implementation was hit or miss for the first few months. They did some tweaking and, since then, there have been no problems.
Werner Lunow - PeerSpot reviewer
CISO at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Mar 2, 2026
They've changed their process for call logging. I suppose it's fine, but I used to be able to send emails in. They could also build up more local resiliency here in South Africa. They're working on that, so it isn't much of an issue now.
Cristopher Torres - PeerSpot reviewer
Cloud Engineering Lead at a aerospace/defense firm with 51-200 employees
Mar 16, 2023
Radware does not have much online training available to help customers get the most out of this solution.
Stefan Spasic - PeerSpot reviewer
Cyber Security Expert at NLB DigIT
Mar 22, 2023
The connection between the front and back ends could be improved.
reviewer2157408 - PeerSpot reviewer
Network Engineer at a real estate/law firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
Apr 13, 2023
We've had some issues with putting certificates in.
YE
Consultor with 501-1,000 employees
Apr 16, 2023
They have a portal for webinar training but because we are in a Spanish-speaking country, it is difficult for us to watch them. Not all of us are fluent in English, but most of the courses and webinars are in English. That part could be improved...