> ## Documentation Index
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# Introduction

> Aegister Cloud Defender is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects web applications from common threats and the top OWASP risks.

**Aegister Cloud Defender** is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) that protects web applications against common threats and the **Top 10 OWASP Risks**, such as SQL Injection, Cross-Site Scripting (XSS), and DDoS attacks.

![Cloud Defender](https://aegister.com/static/images/solutions/cloud-defender.webp)

The system analyzes HTTP/HTTPS traffic in real time and blocks anomalous or harmful behavior, using customizable rules that Threat Intelligence keeps up to date.

## Key Operational Modules

* **Intrusion Prevention Module:**\
  Blocks malicious requests immediately.

* **Score Engine:**\
  Ranks threats, reduces false positives, and tunes response actions.

* **Network Threats Retriever:**\
  Updates the rules, signatures, and databases that the other modules use.

## Distinctive Features

### Multicloud Infrastructure

* **Multicloud architecture:**\
  Cloud Defender runs mainly on the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and draws on globally distributed resources from other providers.\
  This approach delivers:
  * Real-time threat analysis and detection.
  * Better overall performance.
  * Less dependence on a single cloud, for higher reliability and operational continuity.

### Interactive Dashboard

* **Continuous monitoring:**\
  Through the Aegister Cyber Console, you can:
  * Monitor the status of the Cloud Defender system.
  * Check active services and review the volume of requests processed and blocked over time.
  * View the source and destination IP addresses behind blocked traffic.

**Aegister Cloud Defender** lets companies protect their web applications across multicloud infrastructure with integrated traffic management.