Conventional web application security (WAF) relies on complex HTTP request analysis and the over-provision of expensive bandwidth. Content Delivery Network (CDN) and cloud WAF providers have built vast edge networks promising protection against volumetric and application attacks. This protection comes at a significant cost, yet the sophisticated attackers leverage automation to avoid detection.
Kasada takes a different approach to meeting the challenge of malicious automation. Our platform makes it uneconomical for attackers to target our customers’ applications, and it also transforms the economics of defending websites. Rather than relying on the over-provision of an expensive resource (bandwidth), we use proof of work to leverage a free resource, the attacker’s CPU. Inflicting CPU starvation on attackers is an extremely effective and cost-efficient alternative to the complexity of the static status quo.
Cut the complexity
Simplicity is a core differentiating principle at Kasada. Our service is deployed as a highly available, automatically scaling and fault-tolerant cluster of reverse proxies, hosted in large global cloud vendors. Deployment only takes a few minutes, with no impact on your existing code base, infrastructure or CDN services.
The service works out of the box, automatically refusing access to the attacker’s tool. Customers will experience an instantaneous, clearly visible reduction in malicious traffic. Kasada makes the bad traffic stop.
Kasada is packaged as a simple, consumption-based subscription service. We deliver a compelling ROI. You only pay for what you use, and our service will immediately lower your expensive infrastructure costs.
Traditional methods of securing web applications are both technically and organizationally challenging. Using Kasada to remove malicious automation achieves a significant security outcome with a single, one-time decision.
Bring in the specialists
Kasada services are designed to easily integrate into your existing application delivery infrastructure. For customers that leverage CDNs to enhance the delivery of static content, our system simply acts as an alternate origin for the parts of your application that need protection. If your applications are directly exposed to the internet, the Kasada platform can act as an intelligent edge-protection layer.
