Web attacks are the leading cause of data breaches.1 Despite the best efforts of secure application- and patch-management processes, half of all applications remain vulnerable, 24x7.2 Web application firewalls (WAF) protect your applications from data breaches by fixing vulnerabilities and stopping attacks. F5® Advanced Web Application Firewall™ provides malicious bot protection, application-layer encryption, API inspection, and behavior analytics to help defend against application attacks.