Radware Named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole’s 2025 Leadership Compass Report for Web Application and API Protection

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Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) has been recognized as an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass Report for Web Application and API Protection. The company achieved leadership positions across Product, Innovation, and Market categories.

The report highlights Radware's strengths in web application security, DDoS protection, API protection, and bot management. KuppingerCole's analyst praised Radware's innovative approach and comprehensive protection against vulnerabilities, including OWASP Top 10 for web and API security. The company's Bot Manager was specifically noted for its unique semi-supervised ML algorithm and intent-based analysis capabilities.

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• Named Overall Leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass Report
• Achieved leadership positions in Product, Innovation, and Market categories
• Strong global coverage through Points of Presence (PoPs) and scrubbing centers
• Advanced AI-powered security capabilities with comprehensive threat intelligence

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Recognized for product, innovation, market, and overall leadership

MAHWAH, N.J., Aug. 28, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Radware^® (NASDAQ: RDWR), a leading provider of cyber security and application delivery solutions, announced it has been named an Overall Leader in the 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Report for Web Application and API Protection. In addition, the company is recognized as a leader across the report’s Product, Innovation, and Market Leadership categories. Radware is distinguished in the report for its web application security, DDoS protection, API protection, and innovative bot management. A complimentary copy of the report is available here.

KuppingerCole’s report analyst Osman Celik, wrote, “Radware is highly innovative and should be considered when evaluating an organization's WAAP.”

The report highlights Radware’s strengths in multiple areas:

• “The solution provides protection against known vulnerabilities such as OWASP Top 10 for web, OWASP Top 10 for API Security, OWASP Top 10 Client-Side Security Risks, and OWASP Top 21 Automated Threats.”
• “Radware Bot Manager features a unique semi-supervised ML algorithm that identifies the intent of each request. It employs intent-based deep behavioral analysis, passive biometrics, and AI-based device fingerprinting to classify traffic.” 
• “The architecture of the solution provides excellent coverage of PoPs and scrubbing centers worldwide.”
• “The Radware suite leverages both internal and external sources for threat intelligence and has strong capabilities in this area.”

The Leadership Compass Report notes the breadth of Radware’s suite of application protection services. This includes its Cloud Application Protection Services, which encompasses its Cloud WAF, Bot Manager, and API and Web DDoS Protection. It also includes Radware’s AppWall^® standalone WAF, Alteon^® application delivery controller, Kubernetes WAF, Cloud DDoS Protection Service, and DefensePro X^® DDoS Protection.

“We’re honored that KuppingerCole named Radware an Overall Leader and an Innovation Leader in its 2025 Leadership Compass Report for Web Application and API Protection,” said Constance Stack, chief growth officer at Radware. “In the era where attackers employ AI, you need AI-powered solutions to keep pace—from detecting zero-click to zero-day attacks, to auto-discovering undocumented and hidden backdoors through APIs to applications’ data, Radware’s adaptive policies are designed to stop automated attacks in real time while ensuring legitimate traffic flows without disruption.”

The 2025 KuppingerCole Leadership Compass Report examines the WAAP market and solutions that provide an integrated set of security and compliance capabilities designed to protect cloud-native applications across the development and production lifecycle. It provides an assessment of the capabilities of these solutions to meet the needs of all organizations to monitor, assess, and manage these risks. The report includes an assessment of 13 security vendors.

In addition to KuppingerCole, Radware has received numerous awards for its DDoS mitigation, application and API protection, web application firewall, and bot detection and management solutions. Industry analysts such as Aite-Novarica Group, Forrester, Gartner, GigaOm, IDC, and QKS Group continue to recognize Radware as a market leader in cyber security.

About Radware
Radware^® (NASDAQ: RDWR) is a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments. The company’s cloud application, infrastructure, and API security solutions use AI-driven algorithms for precise, hands-free, real-time protection from the most sophisticated web, application and DDoS attacks, API abuse, and bad bots. Enterprises and carriers worldwide rely on Radware’s solutions to address evolving cybersecurity challenges and protect their brands and business operations while reducing costs. For more information, please visit the Radware website.

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FAQ

What recognition did Radware (RDWR) receive in KuppingerCole's 2025 report?

Radware was named an Overall Leader in KuppingerCole's 2025 Leadership Compass Report for Web Application and API Protection, also achieving leadership positions in Product, Innovation, and Market categories.

What are the key security features of Radware's WAAP solution?

Radware's solution provides protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities for web and API security, features an advanced Bot Manager with ML algorithms, and offers comprehensive DDoS protection and threat intelligence capabilities.

How does Radware's Bot Manager technology work?

Radware's Bot Manager uses a unique semi-supervised ML algorithm that identifies request intent, employing intent-based deep behavioral analysis, passive biometrics, and AI-based device fingerprinting to classify traffic.

What products are included in Radware's application protection suite?

Radware's suite includes Cloud Application Protection Services, Cloud WAF, Bot Manager, API and Web DDoS Protection, AppWall, Alteon application delivery controller, Kubernetes WAF, Cloud DDoS Protection, and DefensePro X.