CDNetworks launches Cloud Security 2.0 WAAP

CDNetworks said on May 13 it launched Cloud Security 2.0, a web application and API protection, or WAAP, platform that it is marketing as a response to AI-driven cyber threats. The Singapore-dated company release described the product as a unified service for web applications and APIs, combining DDoS mitigation, web application firewall tools, bot management and API security. (cdnetworks.com) CDNetworks said the platform runs across its global edge network and is designed to provide real-time, adaptive mitigation. (cdnetworks.com) Antony Li, CDNetworks’ APAC head of sales, said in the release that enterprises need security strategies that can adapt as AI changes how attacks are “executed and scaled.” ### What exactly did CDNetworks launch? Cloud Security 2.0 is a cloud-native WAAP platform, according to CDNetworks’ product page and May 13 release. The company said it packages several existing security functions into one console, including DDoS protection, a web application firewall, bot management, API security and professional security services. The product page says the service is meant to secure modern web applications and APIs while maintaining performance through edge-based filtering. CDNetworks said the platform offers centralized visibility, real-time alerts and granular controls through a single management interface. (cdnetworks.com) ### What is CDNetworks saying about AI-driven threats? CDNetworks said threat actors are using automation and advanced attack techniques to make cyberattacks faster, more evasive and more complex. The company framed Cloud Security 2.0 as an answer to that shift, saying its AI engine continuously analyzes traffic, detects anomalies and adapts defenses automatically. (cdnetworks.com) Antony Li said the product lets customers use CDNetworks’ existing security technologies to respond to more sophisticated threats. The company’s materials describe the service as “AI-powered” and say it reduces manual policy tuning by learning from real-time traffic patterns. (cdnetworks.com) ### Which product capabilities are central to the pitch? CDNetworks’ product materials put four functions at the center of the launch: DDoS protection, WAF, bot management and API security. The company said those controls are wrapped into a unified WAAP layer intended to protect both websites and application programming interfaces. (cdnetworks.com) The documentation and FAQ pages show bot controls are a prominent part of the offer. CDNetworks says Bot Management supports baseline policies for AI bots, public bots, definite bots and likely bots, along with scenario-based protections such as web bot detection and workflow detection. The company also says its web bot detection feature is built for browser-based environments, including mobile in-app browsers and mini programs. (cdnetworks.com) Advanced Detection is another named feature in the documentation. CDNetworks says it uses big-data analysis and machine learning for dynamic modeling to identify suspicious automated behavior. (cdnetworks.com) ### How large is the network behind the product? CDNetworks said on its corporate site that it operates more than 3,000 global points of presence, while the Cloud Security 2.0 product page says the security platform processes about 3 billion threat events a day across more than 2,800 PoPs in 87-plus countries and regions. The difference appears to reflect separate corporate-network and product-telemetry descriptions in the company’s own materials. (documents.cdnetworks.com) The same product page lists more than 20 Tbps of global scrubbing capacity and says the platform supports more than 100 global scrubbing centers. CDNetworks also says its largest mitigated application-layer DDoS event reached 150 million requests per second. (documents.cdnetworks.com) ### Where can customers see how the rollout works? CDNetworks has published a product page, a downloadable brochure and a documentation portal for Cloud Security 2.0. The documentation includes quick-start material, attack-event analysis, action settings, workflow detection and bot-management FAQs. The company’s next visible step is customer deployment through those materials. (cdnetworks.com) As of May 14, the product page includes “Get Started,” “Free Trial” and “Contact Us” options, and the documentation pages show updates through March and April 2026. (cdnetworks.com)