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What is Symantec Web Application Firewall?

The Symantec Web Application Firewall (WAF) enables you to secure and accelerate your web applications.

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Symantec Web Application Firewall is the #42 ranked solution in top Web Application Firewalls. PeerSpot users give Symantec Web Application Firewall an average rating of 8.4 out of 10. Symantec Web Application Firewall is most commonly compared to Imperva DDoS: Symantec Web Application Firewall vs Imperva DDoS.
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As of March 2025, the mindshare of Symantec Web Application Firewall in the Web Application Firewall (WAF) category stands at 0.2%, down from 0.2% compared to the previous year, according to calculations based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
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Valuable Features

  • "The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats."
  • "The setup was straightforward."
  • "The interface is user-friendly."

Room for Improvement

  • "Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints."
  • "I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future."
  • "It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."
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Symantec Web Application Firewall was previously known as Symantec WAF, Blue Coat Protecting Web Applications.

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Head IT Infrastructure (DGM-IT) at a energy/utilities company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Symantec Web Application Firewall
Apr 22, 2021
An excellent up-to-date data repository handling external threats successfully

Pros

"The solution has an up-to-date data repository to deal with external threats. "

Cons

"Sometimes scanning slows down the endpoints. "

What is our primary use case?

We have multiple applications that we wanted to ensure were protected and we chose Symantec for that. I'm the head of IT infrastructure and we are partners with Symantec. 

How has it helped my organization?

Symantec has specifically helped connect external users to our internal network. It has also enabled us to ensure that those who have permission get access to our systems. It gives us peace of mind. 

*Disclosure: My company has a business relationship with this vendor other than being a customer: Partner
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JT
Networking and Security Engineer at a tech services company with 51-200 employees
Verified user of Symantec Web Application Firewall
Jan 28, 2020
User-friendly, feature-rich, and we are pleased with the performance

Pros

"The interface is user-friendly. "

Cons

"It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java."

What is most valuable?

The performance is ok and overall, I'm really pleased.

The interface is user-friendly.

There are a lot of features in this product.

What needs improvement?

The dashboard is dependent on Java so you need to have it installed. If there are different versions of Java then it can cause problems. It would be an improvement if the management dashboards were not reliant upon Java.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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Technical Architect at a computer software company with 10,001+ employees
Verified user of Symantec Web Application Firewall
Feb 20, 2020
Straightforward setup but the whole Web Security Gateway can be better

Pros

"The setup was straightforward."

Cons

"I'm not convinced that it's necessary the best solution going forward in the future. "

What is our primary use case?

The clients turned our view on a few aspects. I believe that solutions have changed over the last few years and I think the value proposition has changed quite a bit. I don't really know. I see the value in the proxy for many things, and I feel that web proxy is not the way to go necessarily, in the future.

What needs improvement?

I would say that the whole Web Security Gateway can be better. I feel that it controls the endpoint. But I am not sure if any improvement is necessary on the actual Web Security Gateway installed, which is meant to be beneficial, because maybe the problem lies at our endpoint.

*Disclosure: I am a real user, and this review is based on my own experience and opinions.
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