| Web application firewalls (WAF) are a new breed of information security technology designed to protect web sites from attack. WAF solutions are capable of preventing attacks that network firewalls and intrusion detection systems can't, and they do not require modification of application source code.
As today's web application attacks expand and their relative level of sophistication increases, it is vitally important to develop a standardized criteria for product evaluation. The Web Application Firewall Evaluation Criteria Project (WAFEC) serves two goals: On the one hand WAFEC helps users to understand what a WAF is and its role in protecting web sites and on the other hand WAFEC provides a tool for users to make an educated decision when selecting a WAF.
In order to ensure objectiveness, WAFEC is written by a large group of information security professionals which represent users, vendors, academia and independent analysts and researchers. If you would like to be involved with the project, please contact Ofer Shezaf.
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Get WAFEC
The first version of WAFEC was released in 2006 and is the leading resource defining what a WAF is. WAFEC is commonly used by organization when evaluating WAFs.
WAFEC 1.0 is available in several formats:
Please note that WAFEC, like all other WASC projects, is distributed under the creative common license. Please respect this license. Particularly note that the license requires that if you use the information you attribute it to WASC and WAFEC.
WAFEC Response Matrix
The WAFEC response matrix translates WAFEC into an easy to use standardized tool. WAFEC response matrix breaks WAFEC into specific numbered questions and explain how to address each question. The matrix is intended for both vendors and WAF evaluators. Vendors can provide detailed information about their products compliance to WAFEC by filling in this document while evaluators can use the document to compare different products.
Usage guidelines:
- To evaluate several products list them on the 1st tab in the spreadsheet and use one column for each product in the following tabs.
- The product columns specify how to answer each question:
- Yes/No - answer either yes or no.
- Yes/No/NA - answer either yes or no, or NA if the question is not applicable to the product.
- Specify - enter a value, many times numeric, to answer the question.
- List - specify all the applicable values.
- Describe - provide a descriptive text as an answer or point to an external resource or attachment.
- In all cases an remarks can be added in the following column.
- WAFEC 1.0 is not a minimum criteria for WAFs. Not supporting a feature does not disqualify a product. Some features may not be relevant to certain environment or to specific needs.
- The answer N/A does not imply lack of support for a feature, but that the feature is not relevant for a product. For example a feature may be related to a deployment mode not supported by the product.
Download WAFEC response matrix
Road Map
The WAFEC team is working on the next version of WAFEC. for more details refer to the WAFEC 2.0 page.
WAFEC is copyrighted © 2006-2012 Web Application Security Consortium (http://www.webappsec.org).
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