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Delivering a better WAF faster
Legacy WAFS can come with a lot of shortcomings, that's why when designing the Fastly Next-Gen WAF, we set out to enable users with these four key benefits.
Don’t just take our word for it — Forrester says that Fastly Compute is a “Leader”
The report recognizes Fastly as a Leader in The Forrester Wave™: Edge Development Platforms, Q4 2023.
Patch that Vuln! Identify, Triage, and Qualify CVEs
Vulnerabilities are an unfortunate inevitability. However, when using a WAF there are options for your security teams while waiting for a patch.
Meet the new Fastly Control Panel
We're excited to announce an all-new Fastly Control panel, revamped for an improved and simplified user experience.
A guide to protecting your data during the holidays
Check out this collected guide on cybersecurity best practices to survive the holiday season with Fastly's Next-Gen WAF.

It's now easier than ever to write Fastly VCL
After last year's release of our Visual Studio Code extension, Fastly VCL, we have an exciting upgrade, to make it even easier.
Preventing outages with resilient architectures
Fastly’s resilient architecture principles prevent outages, mitigate severity, and deliver on our availability promises without compromising performance.
Fastly is faster at time to first byte. It makes a difference.
Fastly is 43% faster to first byte (TTFB) than Akamai CDN, and 32% faster than other CDNs, and it’s representative of overall gains in LCP and performance.
Kubernetes at the speed of Fastly
Kubernetes, the open source container orchestrator, is synonymous with scaling in the cloud — so where do they go when they need to scale themselves? Fastly! Learn how we’re helping get Kubernetes binaries into the hands of developers all over the world, at the speed of Fastly.
8 recommendations to prep for Black Friday weekend with the Next-Gen WAF
Downtime during peak shopping seasons can be detrimental to businesses, but with Fastly's Next-Gen WAF you can set yourself up for success.

How Fastly Protects its customers from Massive DDoS threats including the novel Rapid Reset attack
The Rapid Reset DDoS attack did not affect Fastly traffic because we can automatically detect and defend against attacks that others can’t.
Thriving amidst chaos: Managed security tips for Black Friday weekend
Struggling with the chaos of the Black Friday weekend? A Managed Security Provider can alleviate a lot of the stress that comes with the busy shopping season.

Preventing Gift Card Fraud with the Next-Gen WAF
Gift card scamming has become a problem at the scale of hundreds of millions of dollars per year, but it’s not just something for consumers to worry about.
Stronger security with a unified CDN and WAF
As you prepare for the Black Friday shopping weekend, we can help to increase your security posture with the Fastly suite of products.
Firefox and Fastly take another step toward a privacy upgrade for the internet
Fastly and Mozilla are taking another important step toward a more secure and private internet with Firefox’s adoption of Fastly as an Oblivious HTTP (OHTTP).
Better ecommerce experiences built on Fastly
As an ecommerce business, your customers expect secure, speedy, and seamless shopping experiences. Learn how Fastly can help you with these customer stories.
CVE-2023-30534: Insecure Deserialization in Cacti prior to 1.2.25
We have discovered two instances of insecure deserialization in Cacti versions prior to 1.2.25, tracked as CVE-2023-30534.
Enhanced Monitoring for Fastly's CA
A trusted certification authority should employ comprehensive logging and monitoring -- which is what we strived for when creating Certainly.
Attention Aussie and Kiwi DevSecOps teams: Fastly Forward is back
Fastly Forward is back, and you’re invited! Join us for the latest trends and innovations driving digital experience.
Building a Resilient Database for Fastly's CA
Learn about Certainly’s database architecture which allows for efficient storage and retrieval of certificate data.