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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
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Verified User in Information Technology and Services
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Azure - WAF"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Custom WAF policies can be created for different sites, No modification required to back end code Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Deployment is complex & can be made simpler for folks coming from non-technical back ground Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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parth k.
Cloud Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Costly But Best In Class"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

The different modes and different SKUs available to choose from as per the requirements. Ability to add Custom Rules along with built-in OWASP rules. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Pricing is a bit complex and a little bit costly when going for the v2 SKU. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Robert K.
RK
Robert K.
Data Engineer
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Azure Web Application Firewall"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

It will detect the top 10 OWASP web application vulnerabilities in your web application and protect against those. If you want to learn more about OWASP (please use Burp Suite tool for testing a website but use only the applications which are recommended by the government or your organization or your teacher and do not try this tools experimentation on some private or govt websites(it is very illegal) and Use OWASP Juice Shop for this testing purpose as well). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Nothing much but it needs to update some major unknown vulnerabilities for users to test other than OWASP top 10. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Amrender S.
AS
Amrender S.
Associate production support
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Azure firewall security"
3/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Azure provide a secure environment for security of the cloud and allow you to use azure services with out any risk involved related to recently security risks arised or related to log4j Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Azure security should work on provide a better architecture representation on how they are dealing with the vulnerability arising in the cloud security recently Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sakshi A.
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Sakshi A.
Teacher
Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)
"Very good"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Its capability of detecting and alerting security administrators about most common and Moder types of cyberattacks which helps organization in building in secure architectecture Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

It socnsole is not that much user friendly as is it not mean for beginners to go and start with everyone has to have a basic understanding of its sévices. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Sourabh S.
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Sourabh S.
Scientist C
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"AZURE Web Application Firewall is a product fit for your web application for security."
4/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Rule set is the wonderful feature for web application firewall. Support is really commendable. Rule set is best thing. best in class among competitors. Best among them Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

nothing is bad about azure web application firewall No everything looks good to me. By giving more documentation and examples about it. I want to improve the security of the application to enhance multifold. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Aditya S.
AS
Aditya S.
Cloud Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"My WAF"
5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Protecting multiple web applications from web vulnerabilities and attacks. Also, the custom policies and their priority help a lot in daily client requirements which differ client by client. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

The management can be improved more. The support for proxy forward could improve. There are no annotations for WAF rules, making it hard to manage. Some features are hard to understand. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in E-Learning
IE
Verified User in E-Learning
Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
"The best firewall to protect applications from hackers is the Azure Web application firewall"
4.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

It is simple to set up and works flawlessly because it is cloud-based. The firewall rule set is excellent. It is fairly simple to configure a firewall. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Nothing, in fact, I enjoy everything since it has excellent alternatives for protecting my web applications over the internet. But I think it could be a little bit tough for users coming from a non-technical backgrounds. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Denish M.
Quality Assurance Engineer
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Make sure you will use V2 of Azure Web Application Firewall"
4/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

Products are easy to use but depend on the workload; not all workloads work fine with the WAF, especially if there are old workloads <10 years old. Test it first, and it is an easy setup, but tuning could be harder depending on the needs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

As of now, the only thing I dislike about the product is that it is not suitable for IPv6. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Ravi k.
RK
Ravi k.
Event Manager
Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
"Good for web application"
3.5/5
What do you like best about Azure Web Application Firewall?

It is good for web application protection from threat protection & attacks. Azure Firewall is very scalable and easy to integrate and manage all things are easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Azure Web Application Firewall?

It is expensive in compare to other cloud services. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Do Azure web apps have firewall?

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Which Azure service provides the Web application firewall functionality?

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