Guides

Plain-English WAF explainers for campus and agency teams. Start with count mode, then operate without breaking forms.

Getting started

Concepts & decisions

Operations & false positives

Campus DDoS response: keep .edu sites up under flood
Campus DDoS response for .edu and agency sites — first-hour playbook, origin IP lock-down, count→promote during recovery, and status/comms when the flood hits.
Hide your origin IP behind a WAF (and allowlist edge IPs only)
Origin IP bypass DDoS walks around your edge. Hide the origin IP behind a WAF and allowlist edge IPs only — the durable fix for campus and agency sites.
WAF false positives on forms: stop blocking legitimate POSTs
Why WAFs block registration, admissions, and government forms — multipart uploads, CSRF tokens, odd field names, payment callbacks — and how count-first stopping of false positives works.
WAF for donation and payment forms without blocking gifts
Donation form WAF false positives, university payment portal firewall, and giving day website WAF — count-first so payment callbacks and alumni gifts don’t break; bot stuffing on donate endpoints.
WAF SSO false positives: keep campus logins working
WAF SSO false positives, IdP callbacks blocked by WAF, and SAML CAS OIDC allowlists — count first so Monday login storms don’t brick university and agency SSO.
WAF bot management for campus and agency sites
WAF bot management for campuses and agencies — stop scrapers, admissions form spam, and credential stuffing without day-one false positives. Count → promote.
Virtual patching websites with a managed WAF
Virtual patching at the edge buys time before CMS updates land. Managed WAF rules start in count; promote what's safe to block — Copilot explains, you click.
Emergency virtual patching when a CMS CVE drops
Friday CMS CVE? Put an emergency virtual patch at the edge in count first, then promote what's safe while WordPress and Drupal teams patch. Copilot explains — you click.
What a WAF 403 page means (and why you start in count)
A branded 403 is what visitors see after you promote a rule to block. Count mode comes first. Promote Copilot explains what's safe — you still click once.

Platforms

Public sector

Managed WAF for government websites
City website firewall for permits, benefits, and FOIA. How a managed WAF for government websites handles public sector WAF false positives and origin IP lock-down — count first, then promote.
Stop Agency Website Defacement with a Managed Edge WAF
Government website defacement protection — agency homepage hacked WAF, public sector website takeover prevention, city website defacement firewall. Edge shield, origin hide, count → promote.
WAF for FOIA and Public Records Portals
FOIA portal WAF and public records request form security — count-first so citizens aren’t blocked; scrapers and queue floods stop at the edge.
Managed WAF for higher education websites
Managed WAF for higher education — university website firewall, college website WAF, campus managed WAF. Count → promote; admissions forms stay up.
Managed WAF for multi-site campus and agency estates
Managed WAF for multiple websites — campus website estate firewall, multi-site WAF one team, agency multi-domain WAF, Campus Estate WAF. Count → promote.
WAF for student portals without breaking SSO
WAF for student portals without breaking SSO — count-first SIS, LMS, and IdP callbacks. Stop login stuffing; keep real students. Count → promote.
WAF for campus LMS sites without breaking courses
Canvas WAF, Moodle WAF, and LMS behind managed WAF — protect course sites from bots and probes without false positives on uploads, quiz POSTs, or LTI/SSO callbacks.
WAF for athletics, news, and campus microsites
Athletics website WAF, university news site firewall, and campus microsite WAF — count → promote for tickets, donations, and game-day traffic without breaking forms.

Security basics