Alibaba Cloud WAF vs Myra Hyperscale WAF

Alibaba Cloud WAF

Model: Pay-as-you-go (SeCU) or Subscription

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Myra Hyperscale WAF

Model: Custom (quote-based)

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Alibaba Cloud WAF

• AI-Powered Deep Learning Detection

  Uses Alibaba Cloud-developed rules combined with AI deep learning models and proactive protection rules. Threat intelligence is continuously updated from real attack data across the entire Alibaba Cloud network.

• Automatic Zero-Day Protection

  Detects and defends against new web vulnerabilities within hours of discovery, including zero-day vulnerabilities first exposed by Alibaba Cloud. No manual patching required.

• Bot Management

  AI-powered bot identification using fingerprinting, behavioral analysis, and network-wide intelligence. Handles web bots across websites, HTML5 pages, apps, and mini programs. Multiple response methods including blocking, CAPTCHA, throttling, and spoofing.

• API Security

  Proactively discovers APIs including legacy versions, unauthenticated endpoints, and APIs exposing sensitive data. Detects excessive data exposure and sensitive data leaks automatically.

• Data Leak Prevention

  Detects and prevents leaks of sensitive data including ID numbers, bank card numbers, phone numbers, and custom sensitive terms. Includes web tamper proofing that caches and locks critical page content.

• Hybrid Cloud Deployment

  Deploy WAF protection clusters in your own data centers alongside cloud WAF. Same protection capabilities whether traffic flows through Alibaba Cloud or on-premises infrastructure. Supports multi-cloud and hybrid architectures.

• Account Risk Detection

  Automatically identifies account-based attacks including dictionary attacks, brute-force attempts, credential stuffing, and weak password usage.

• Full Access Logging

  Records and stores complete web access logs. Supports real-time SQL-based querying, analysis, and custom alerting through integration with Alibaba Cloud Log Service (SLS).

• Network-Wide Threat Intelligence

  Exclusive threat intelligence accumulated from protecting Alibaba Cloud's massive customer base and internal services (Tmall, Taobao, Alipay). Continuously updated from real production attack scenarios.

Myra Hyperscale WAF

• OWASP Top 10 Protection

  Blocks SQL injection, XSS, CSRF, and other OWASP Top 10 attacks. Blocks an average of 8 million malicious layer 7 requests per customer per year.

• HTTP/S Request Filtering

  Filters all HTTP and HTTPS requests with rules defined via simple comparisons or regular expressions. Near infinite scalability with no capacity constraints.

• Managed WAF Service

  Optional add-on where Myra security experts create tailored rule sets for your specific applications, provide ongoing optimization, and offer expert support on demand. Ideal for teams without dedicated WAF expertise.

• Zero-Day Protection

  Responds to newly discovered vulnerabilities with rapid rule updates. Proactive defense against zero-day exploits before patches are available.

• Data Sovereignty (Germany)

  On request, all data processing occurs exclusively in Germany. Full GDPR compliance and BSI-qualified infrastructure for organizations with strict European data sovereignty requirements.

• NIS-2 and DORA Compliance

  Designed for compliance with the EU Network and Information Systems Directive (NIS-2) and Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA). Critical for financial institutions and essential service operators in the EU.

• API Protection

  Protects APIs against injection attacks, exploits, and data leaks. Detects faulty authentication and missing protection measures that could lead to service interruptions.

• Intuitive Rule Management

  Web-based UI for creating, editing, and managing WAF rules. Toggle rules on/off with a single click. Rules include parameters like name, log identifier, expiration date, conditions, and actions.