Double pressure from rising cyberattacks and legal regulations
The introduction of WAF Free stems from an increasingly worrying reality in cyberspace today. According to statistics from VNETWORK's monitoring system, in 2025 alone Vietnam faced more than 2.3 million cyberattacks, equivalent to an average of 4.5 attacks per minute. Notably, hackers often target the web application layer directly through common exploitation methods such as SQL Injection, Cross Site Scripting, and DDoS attacks. These are among the most vulnerable areas of a business, where all customer data is stored and most online services operate.
Beyond the risk of operational disruption, businesses today also face extremely strict legal penalties designed to protect users. The Personal Data Protection Law, officially effective from January 1, 2026, raised the maximum administrative fine to 3 billion VND for organizations that experience a data breach or data loss incident. At the same time, under Decree No. 85/2016/ND-CP, information systems classified at Level 2 or higher are required to have a standard cyberattack prevention plan. This classification applies to most corporate websites that store and process user information today, and a web application firewall, or WAF, is one of the mandatory solutions.
Although these legal regulations are already clear, there remains a significant gap between regulation and actual implementation due to cost barriers. A survey by VNETWORK found that financial and personnel constraints are the leading reason why 42.1% of businesses, mostly SMEs, remain on the sidelines of cybersecurity. Once this critical link in the chain is unable to defend itself, cybersecurity risk quickly spreads across the entire supply chain, directly threatening the overall safety of the digital economy.
Security is no longer a privilege reserved for large enterprises
Born directly from this major cost bottleneck, WAF Free was created as a lifeline solution, breaking the assumption that premium security is a privilege reserved only for large corporations. This new solution inherits VNETWORK's core technology platform and years of real world experience protecting infrastructure for thousands of businesses in Vietnam against millions of attacks every year.
The standout strength of WAF Free lies in its deep integration of artificial intelligence throughout the entire system. AI is present from the product architecture design stage, trained extensively on real world attack data, all the way through to detecting abnormal behavior and forecasting attack trends. This closes the technology gap, bringing the strongest security capabilities to every business through a completely free version.
WAF Free from VNETWORK is positioned as a quick and intuitive starting point for businesses that have never deployed any layer of security protection, rather than a full replacement for complex, specialized systems. The product's main goal is to help SMEs immediately establish a basic layer of defense at zero cost, ensuring that no business is left behind in the information security battle simply because of financial barriers.
Most small and medium enterprises today do not have a dedicated team to continuously monitor systems, patch security vulnerabilities, or research new attack methods on their own. WAF Free was built to fill that resource gap, automating complex protection tasks that would normally require a team of professional engineers.
Why WAF Free fits the needs of SMEs?
The first advantage of this solution is how simple it is to deploy. Businesses only need about 2 minutes and 3 basic setup steps to activate protection for their website. Immediately after activation, WAF Free operates as an intelligent filter, accelerating website loading speed while actively classifying and blocking malicious traffic. As a result, websites maintain fast loading speeds and stable operation, remaining uninterrupted even when facing network layer DDoS attacks.
At the same time, this solution helps protect customer data and website source code against common vulnerabilities defined by the international OWASP Top 10 standard. Dangerous application layer exploitation methods such as SQL Injection, XSS, and RFI are all blocked at an early stage. The system also includes a built in rate limiting mechanism that helps stop abnormal account scanning behavior and silent brute force password attacks from hackers.
A major advantage for business managers is the intuitive reporting system through a real time traffic monitoring dashboard. This feature allows operators to stay fully aware of their website's security status without needing deep information technology analysis skills.
Beginning a safe digital transformation journey with VNETWORK
WAF Free serves as the first building block helping SMEs shape a proactive security mindset. Once the resource barrier is removed, businesses can fully focus on their growth goals without worrying about hidden security vulnerabilities. This reflects VNETWORK's long term commitment to building a safe and sustainable internet environment for Vietnam's digital economy community.
To experience the protective power of the system firsthand, businesses can register to activate WAF Free right on VNETWORK's website and protect their systems today!