Vercel security roundup: Faster defenses and better visibility for your apps

This post details Vercel's security enhancements in the last quarter of 2024, focusing on WAF performance and visibility. Key contributions include: 1. Mitigation of 87 billion attacks from 19 million unique IPs by Vercel's WAF. 2. Enhanced Vercel Firewall with 40x faster DDoS protection through real-time stream processing. 3. Improved WAF responses by returning 403 Forbidden for persistent threats. 4. Introduction of Vercel Firewall DDoS mitigation notifications and enhanced Firewall data in the Monitoring tab. 5. Real-time audit log streaming for Enterprise customers to SIEM tools. 6. Completion of SAQ-D AOC for PCI DSS v4.0. The post also outlines future challenges like intensifying DDoS attacks, sophisticated bots, and the 'Human Layer' in security.