Cloudflare named a Leader by Gartner
Sep 6, 2022Michael Tremante
Summary
This post announces Cloudflare's recognition as a Leader in Gartner's Magic Quadrant for Web Application and API Protection (WAAP). It details the components of Cloudflare's WAAP portfolio: DDoS protection, WAF, Bot Management, API Gateway, and Page Shield. It highlights the scale of traffic processed (36 million HTTP requests/sec), the percentage of traffic mitigated at the edge (1 in 10 HTTP requests), and the increasing importance of API security. It also mentions the new Security Center as a unified view for WAAP products and lists recent innovations like API Shield Schema Protection, API Abuse Detection, a new WAF, customizable DDoS Managed Rules, Security Center, and Page Shield.
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