Business applications are the lifeblood of enterprises. Protecting them from various forms of attacks are first and foremost on the minds of security teams. Dedicated application security tools designed to prevent specific types of attacks are proving inadequate and contributing to tool sprawl. As a result, the security market is moving toward integrated web application and API protection (WAAP) platforms that combine four critical types of protection: WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot management, and API security.