TechNavio recognizes the following companies as the key players in the Global Web Application Firewall Market: Cisco Systems Inc., Citrix Systems Inc., F5 Networks Inc., Fortinet Inc., Imperva Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., and Palo Alto Networks Inc.
Commenting on the report, an analyst from TechNavio’s team said: “Currently, hackers are increasingly focusing on attacking application layers rather than network layers. DoS is one of the most common and age-old techniques that helps carry out confidential data theft. Hackers use DoS to flood a web server’s computing and network resources with data, thereby increasing the traffic. This automatically generates several requests for access. As a result, the server ends up blocking access for legitimate users. However, hackers these days are opting for DDoS techniques, which are improved versions of DoS. While using the DDoS technique, the hacker initiates a coordinated attack from multiple systems, which is more powerful than DoS. ”
According to the report, one of the major drivers in this market is the need to meet PCI DSS regulatory standards. Currently, enterprises are increasingly becoming dependent on websites and web applications; this has led to the subsequent increase in the number of security threats. Hence, to secure the transactions that are carried out using websites and web applications, regulatory authorities in various countries have revamped their PCI DSS regulations for companies that operate in the E-commerce sector.
Further, the report states that one of the major challenges faced by the vendors in this market is the increase in false-positive risks. The number of security threats has been constantly increasing, along with the increase in the number of websites and web-based applications. Approximately 90 percent of cyber-attacks are automatically-generated programs created by hackers using tools such as java scripts and bots.
The study was conducted using an objective combination of primary and secondary information including inputs from key participants in the industry. The report contains a comprehensive market and vendor landscape in addition to a SWOT analysis of the key vendors. For further information on this report, please visit https://www.technavio.com/report/global-web-application-firewall-market-2…
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TechNavio Announces the Publication of its Research Report -Global Web Application Firewall Market 2012-2016
