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About using a WAF to protect your apps and APIs in the cloud while maintaining high performance and availability
Why high performance and low latency are critical when choosing an API security solution
How to recreate the test parameters used by GigaOm in your environment to conduct your own tests
How NGINX App Protect WAF outperforms other WAFs producing up to 120x lower latency
Application and API security has evolved dramatically over the past few years. IT departments need granular control over the entire application ecosystem to prevent security breaches and attacks. While security is of utmost importance, the pace of modern business demands high performance. A WAF cannot be a performance bottleneck.
In this latest GigaOm report, Jake Dolezal and William McKnight present the results of high- performance testing on four WAFs: NGINX App Protect WAF, AWS WAF, Azure WAF and Cloudflare WAF. Learn how NGINX App Protect WAF outperformed the competition with app and API security tuned for low latency, high performance, and low compute usage, enabling your organization to reduce costs while accelerating innovation.
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