Security | Threat Detection | Cyberattacks | DevSecOps | Compliance

Defending Against WAF, API, and DDoS Attacks In this video from SourceForge, Carlo Alpuerto of A10 Networks explains the "outside-in" protection philosophy behind ThreatX. He uses the metaphor of a castle wall, stating that the defense focuses on who and what is attacking it, rather than what is behind it. Alpuerto details the flexibility of the A10's ThreatX solution, which can be deployed in various hybrid scenarios, including on-premise physical or virtual environments, as well as different cloud environments like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Here’s the issue: compliance gets bolted on instead of baked in. Point-in-time checks don’t reflect the day-to-day risk reality. And that’s where organisations fall down.

Retailers have become prime targets for account takeover. Loyalty balances, stored cards, and digital wallets represent liquid assets, often guarded by weaker controls than financial accounts. Attackers exploit credential reuse, phishing infrastructure, and automation to scale these intrusions. Reported retail ATO cases in the UK rose 96% year over year (Action Fraud, 2023). The following five breaches illustrate how large brands across loyalty, e-commerce, and digital wallets were compromised, and how real-time, in-session defenses could have altered the trajectory.