From protect, to secure, to assure
RedShield packages this methodology as a managed cycle:
- Protect - deploy a battle-tested baseline policy (WAF signatures and DDoS protection) that repels volumetric attacks, common injection patterns and bots on day one, while tolerating application changes.
- Secure - scan each application, digest penetration-test reports and craft/deploy in-flight security patches that neutralise discovered vulnerabilities in hours or days.
- Assure - correlate live attack traffic with known vulnerabilities, report on what would have been exploitable, and retire in-flight patches if the development team later fixes the underlying code.
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- Because in-flight patches are first deployed in a non-production path - typically a UAT flow mirrored through the proxy - they graduate to production without holding up release trains. That keeps security in step with modern CI/CD pipelines, instead of forcing developers to wait for multi-week WAF tuning windows.
What this means for CISOs and security professionals
- Measurable risk reduction - every exploitable finding is either fixed or contained; dashboards show exactly which CVEs are shielded and which are now obsolete.
- Near-zero user disruption - an effective false-positive rate of typically less than 0.0002% means help-desk costs and reputational damage fall away.
- Faster change cadence - In-flight patches are quickly deployed and can be easily retired when the application is patched, so security no longer dictates release schedules.
- Lower total cost of ownership – expert staff, 24×7 monitoring and a mature DevSecOps process are bundled into a single outcome-based service, at a fraction of the cost - typically 20% - of recruiting equivalent in-house expertise.
The quiet firewall
In information security, counting the number of things you block is easy; counting the breaches you prevent is harder. RedShield’s “Fix-First” model focuses on the latter, and does so in a way that helps ensure business continuity and a good user experience.
By eliminating the conditions that make an attack effective, it removes both the exploit and the collateral damage that blunt-force blocking causes. The net effect is a quieter yet effective firewall, happier users, and - most importantly - a materially safer application stack.
Security teams that judge success by the volume of traffic rejected may need to adjust their dashboards. Chief Information Security Officers who judge success by exposure, resilience and business uptime will find the numbers compelling. Blocking every suspicious byte looks decisive, but fixing the gap in the armour is what keeps the arrows out.