Radware Introduces Cloud-Augmented Protection for DefensePro X, Debuting with Web DDoS Defense

New cloud-augmented protection architecture designed to strengthen detection of sophisticated application-layer attacks while keeping mitigation on premises

Radware, a global leader in AI and application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments, announced a new cloud-augmented protection architecture for DefensePro X, extending the platform with new AI-powered cloud algorithms while keeping traffic inspection and mitigation locally within customer premises. The first such service released is Cloud Web DDoS Protection for DefensePro X designed to improve characterization and real time footprint generation of sophisticated application-layer distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks without requiring organizations to reroute traffic through the cloud.

Web DDoS attacks continue to evolve as attackers increasingly use AI, encrypted traffic, distributed infrastructure, and techniques designed to mimic legitimate users. These attacks may challenge traditional defenses, potentially making them difficult to detect through local visibility alone.

Cloud-based protection can improve detection but often requires traffic redirection or access to customers’ private keys, which may introduce operational complexities for organizations with strict privacy, compliance, or data sovereignty requirements. Until now, these customers had to compromise on the strength of their security posture. Radware’s cloud-augmented architecture is designed to address those tradeoffs by combining AI-powered cloud algorithms with DefensePro X’s inline enforcement capabilities. Backed by Radware’s global cloud network of over 65 cloud centers, Cloud Web DDoS Protection for DefensePro X enables customers to gain broader visibility into sophisticated attacks while keeping traffic inspection, mitigation, and private keys on premises.

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“As application-layer attacks become more sophisticated, security teams need broader visibility without sacrificing operational control,” said Gabi Malka, chief operating officer at Radware. “By extending DefensePro X with cloud-augmented protection, Radware gives customers access to cloud-powered intelligence while helping to preserve the speed, privacy, and control of inline enforcement. Cloud Web DDoS Protection is designed to help organizations strengthen application security without requiring them to redesign their security architecture or expose sensitive encryption keys.”

Key benefits include:

• Cloud-based intelligence for advanced Layer 7 attack detection
• Designed to support real-time, adaptive Layer 7 mitigation
• On-premises control of traffic and TLS private keys
• Simplified integration designed to work with existing DefensePro X deployments
• Cloud-augmented architecture designed to support future DefensePro X capabilities

Radware’s cloud-augmented protection model for DefensePro X is designed for enterprises that require advanced application-layer protection without sacrificing operational control. Cloud Web DDoS Protection is the initial application of the cloud-augmented protection model and is particularly well suited for organizations with strict compliance, privacy, or data sovereignty requirements, those protecting applications behind content delivery networks (CDNs) and proxy architectures, and security teams defending against sophisticated, encrypted Web DDoS attacks.