CloudGuard WAF
  • Documentation Overview
  • What is CloudGuard WAF?
  • Getting started
    • Prepare key information
    • Log in to the Infinity Portal
    • Protect a Web Application / API
    • Deploy Enforcement Point
      • Gateway/Virtual Machine
        • AWS
          • Store Certificates in AWS
          • Store certificates on Gateway
        • Azure
          • Store Certificates in Azure
          • Store Certificates on Gateway
        • VMware
          • Store Certificates on Gateway
          • Configure networking in VMware Deployments
      • WAF as a Service
        • Certificates Managed by Check Point
        • Bring Your Own Certificate
      • Kubernetes Ingress
        • Kong Application Security
        • Istio Application Security
      • Docker
        • Single Docker
          • Deployment using 'docker' command
            • Store Certificates Locally on Docker
          • Deployment in Azure App Services
        • Dual Docker: NGINX/Kong/Envoy + Security Agent
      • Linux / NGINX / Kong
    • Monitor Events
  • Concepts
    • Gateways & Agents
    • Management & Automation
    • Security Practices
    • Contextual Machine Learning
  • Additional Security Engines
    • Anti-Bot
    • API Protection
      • API Discovery
      • Track API Discovery Learning
      • Enforce API Schema
    • File Security
    • Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
    • Rate Limit
    • Snort Rules
  • SETUP INSTRUCTIONS
    • Setup Custom Rules and Exceptions
    • Setup Web User Response Pages
    • Setup Log Triggers
    • Setup Report Triggers
    • Setup Notification Triggers
    • Setup Behavior Upon Failure
    • Setup Agent Upgrade Schedule
  • HOW TO
    • Edit Web Application/API Settings
    • Edit Reverse Proxy Advanced Settings for a Web Asset
    • Protect an existing production site with CloudGuard WAF's Gateway
    • View Policy of all your Web Applications/APIs
    • Add Data Loss Prevention (DLP) rules
    • Configure Contextual Machine Learning for Best Accuracy
    • Track Agent Status
    • Track Learning and Move from Learn/Detect to Prevent
    • Rotate profile authentication token
    • Upgrade your Reverse Proxy when a Linux/NGINX agent is installed
    • Use Terraform to Manage CloudGuard WAF
    • Authorize Temporary Access for Check Point Support
    • Restrict Access to Backend Servers from CloudGuard WAF as a Service IPs Only
  • Troubleshooting
    • WAF Gateway / Virtual Machine
      • Azure
        • "Unable to find a tag containing the vault's name in the VMSS" Error
        • How To: Configure Key Vault for a Single Gateway
      • NGINX Error: Upstream Sent Too Big Header While Reading Response Header from Upstream
      • How To: Compare Between the Gateway's Certificate and the Upstream Certificate
    • Linux
      • SELinux: Checking Status and Disabling
    • WAF as a Service
      • Certificate Validation Failed: Adjusting CAA Record
      • How To: Redirect a Root Domain to a Subdomain Protected by WAF SaaS
      • How To: Extend Connection Timeout to Upstream
      • How To: Update Expired Certificates
  • references
    • Agent CLI
    • Management API
    • Event Query Language
    • Writing Snort Signatures
    • Events/Logs Schema
    • CVE-2022-3786 and CVE-2022-3602: OpenSSL X.509 Email Address Buffer Overflows (HIGH)
    • CVE-2025-1097, CVE-2025-1098, CVE-2025-24514, CVE-2025-1974: Ingress NGINX Controller RCE (Critical)
  • Resources
    • GitHub
    • Docker Hub
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What is CloudGuard WAF?

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CloudGuard WAF is a fully automated Web Application & API Security solution. It is powered by a patented machine learning engine which continuously analyzes users' HTTP/S requests as they visit the website or API. The analysis includes the application structure and how users interact with the content in order to identify patterns and automatically stop and block malicious requests and bad actors.

Main features of CloudGuard WAF

  • Machine Learning-based Application Firewall - stop application layer attacks, including OWASP Top 10, with very minimal tuning and no false positives. Pre-emptive (no software updates) protection for zero-days such as Log4Shell and Spring4Shell.

  • HTTPS Traffic inspection - SSL certificates and private keys can be stored locally or in public cloud secrets storage (AWS/Azure)

  • Integration into modern environments and workloads (public cloud & Kubernetes) and CI/CD workflows supporting , , , , , , or .

  • Ease of ongoing management and maintenance – Enterprise Grade SaaS Web UI, GraphQL API, and Infrastructure-as-code using Terraform

Additional Security Engines

  • - Identify and stop automated attacks before they negatively impact the bottom line or customer experience

  • - Automatically detect API usage and sensitive content to provide security via visibility. Stop malicious API access and abuse. Enforce the API schema provided by the user or automatically detected by CloudGuard WAF.

  • - prevents malicious files from being uploaded by utilizing Check Point's Threat Cloud.

  • - protections for over 2,800 WEB CVEs, based on Check Point award award-winning NSS-Certified IPS + Support for custom Snort 3.0 signatures.

  • - Limit the number of requests to a matched URI within a configured time scope, according to the source identifier.

  • - Enforce a set of Snort signatures in the same way regular IPS signatures are enforced.

AWS
Azure
VMWare
Kubernetes Ingress
Docker
Linux Servers
as a Service
Anti-Bot
API Protection
File Security
Intrusion Prevention System (IPS)
Rate Limit
Snort Rules