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Protecting Digital Transactions with API and Web Application Security In this video, A10 Networks' Jamison Utter and Gary Wang discuss why a different approach to security is required beyond purely transactional-based protection and detection. They delve into how entity-based tracking helps address the challenges of legitimate-looking requests that carry malicious intent, particularly in the context of Application programming interfaces (API) security and advanced threats, such as Layer 7 DDoS attacks.

- Gary Wang explains why API security is a step more dangerous than WAF (Web Application Firewall) security.

How to Fix the Challenges with Web App Firewalls A10 security experts Gary Wang and Jamison Utter explore how to uncover “Dynamic Profiles” of threat actors through advanced behavioral analysis. By leveraging regression models and historical attack patterns, they demonstrate how to detect and anticipate evolving attacker behaviors—an essential capability for staying ahead in today’s rapidly shifting threat landscape.

How to Fix the Challenges with Web App Firewalls A10 expert Jamison Utter discusses with Gary Wang why API security is a challenge to manage, as these APIs are headless and cannot be accessed through a login. There is no authentication mechanism, such as completing a CAPTCHA. APIs are also vulnerable to bots, which complicates matters. Watch the full video to learn more about multi-layered approaches, threat intelligence, behavioral analysis, and protection against modern threats like bots and APIs.

Does WAF protect against API threats? A10's Jamison Utter discusses whether WAF (Web Application Firewalls) can protect API (Application Programming Interface). Since the role of a WAF is to stop run-time actions, it's not designed for modern API security challenges, as it has no context for what API is doing.

How to Fix the Challenges with Web App Firewalls Is your WAF enough? A10 experts Jamison Utter and Gary Wang delve into advanced security strategies that surpass traditional web application firewalls (WAFs). In today’s ever-evolving threat landscape, organizations face numerous security challenges that necessitate a shift from conventional WAFs to next-generation solutions.