By Saleem Bseeu

Introduction

In an increasingly interconnected world, the need for robust cybersecurity measures has never been more critical. As businesses and organizations migrate to the cloud, they must address not only the conventional threats but also more sophisticated ones like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, offers powerful tools to protect your applications and data. In this blog post, we will explore how to leverage Azure DDoS Protection in combination with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) rate limiting to enhance your security posture.

Understanding DDoS Attacks

Distributed Denial of Service attacks are a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of a network, service, or website by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. These attacks can paralyze online services, causing severe downtime and financial losses. Azure DDoS Protection is a service designed to mitigate such attacks and ensure the availability of your applications hosted on Azure.

Combining Azure DDoS Protection with WAF Rate Limiting

While Azure DDoS Protection can mitigate many types of attacks, it’s often beneficial to combine it with a Web Application Firewall for comprehensive security. Azure WAF provides protection at the application layer, inspecting HTTP/HTTPS traffic and identifying and blocking malicious requests. One of the key features of Azure WAF is rate limiting, which allows you to control the number of incoming requests from a single IP address or Geo location. By setting appropriate rate limiting rules, you can mitigate application-layer DDoS attacks.

In this article, we will delve into DDoS protection logs, exploring how to harness this valuable data to configure rate limiting on the Application Gateway WAF. By doing so, we fortify our defenses at various layers, ensuring a holistic approach to DDoS protection.

Read the full post here: Leveraging Azure DDoS protection with WAF rate limiting

​By Saleem Bseeu
 
Introduction
In an increasingly interconnected world, the need for robust cybersecurity measures has never been more critical. As businesses and organizations migrate to the cloud, they must address not only the conventional threats but also more sophisticated ones like Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud computing platform, offers powerful tools to protect your applications and data. In this blog post, we will explore how to leverage Azure DDoS Protection in combination with Azure Web Application Firewall (WAF) rate limiting to enhance your security posture.
 
Understanding DDoS Attacks
Distributed Denial of Service attacks are a malicious attempt to disrupt the normal functioning of a network, service, or website by overwhelming it with a flood of internet traffic. These attacks can paralyze online services, causing severe downtime and financial losses. Azure DDoS Protection is a service designed to mitigate such attacks and ensure the availability of your applications hosted on Azure.
 
Combining Azure DDoS Protection with WAF Rate Limiting
While Azure DDoS Protection can mitigate many types of attacks, it’s often beneficial to combine it with a Web Application Firewall for comprehensive security. Azure WAF provides protection at the application layer, inspecting HTTP/HTTPS traffic and identifying and blocking malicious requests. One of the key features of Azure WAF is rate limiting, which allows you to control the number of incoming requests from a single IP address or Geo location. By setting appropriate rate limiting rules, you can mitigate application-layer DDoS attacks.
 
In this article, we will delve into DDoS protection logs, exploring how to harness this valuable data to configure rate limiting on the Application Gateway WAF. By doing so, we fortify our defenses at various layers, ensuring a holistic approach to DDoS protection.
 
Read the full post here: Leveraging Azure DDoS protection with WAF rate limiting  Read More

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