Integration with Security Ecosystem

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Integration with Security Ecosystem

WAFs work most effectively as part of a comprehensive security strategy. Integration with other security tools multiplies their effectiveness and provides defense in depth.

SIEM Integration for centralized logging:

{
  "timestamp": "2024-01-15T10:30:45Z",
  "source_ip": "192.168.1.100",
  "rule_id": "942100",
  "rule_message": "SQL Injection Attack Detected",
  "severity": "CRITICAL",
  "request_uri": "/products/search",
  "matched_data": "' OR '1'='1",
  "action_taken": "blocked",
  "user_agent": "Mozilla/5.0...",
  "additional_data": {
    "geoip_country": "US",
    "request_id": "a8f7d92b-4c6e-4f2a-9d3b-1e8f7a9c2b5d"
  }
}

Threat Intelligence Integration:

# Update IP reputation lists
*/30 * * * * wget -O /tmp/tor-exit-nodes.txt https://check.torproject.org/torbulkexitlist
*/30 * * * * wget -O /tmp/malicious-ips.txt https://reputation.example.com/blacklist

# ModSecurity rule to block threat IPs
SecRule REMOTE_ADDR "@pmFromFile /tmp/malicious-ips.txt" \
    "id:100040,\
    phase:1,\
    block,\
    msg:'Request from known malicious IP',\
    severity:'HIGH'"