NOMINATION HIGHLIGHTS

When December 2025 alone recorded an average of 370,000+ web attacks per day worldwide, threats became increasingly sophisticated, ranging from reconnaissance, distributed denial-of-service attacks, to system intrusion and application content manipulation, causing severe financial and reputational damage. In this context, securing web applications and APIs is a top priority in advancing enterprises’ and public institutions’ digital transformation agendas.

In response, Viettel IDC, collaborating with Radware, launched Viettel CWA – a cloud-based Web & API Application Security platform (WAF-as-a-Service) tailored for the Vietnamese market. The solution delivers comprehensive protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities, automated bots, application-layer DDoS attacks and client-side data leakage risks, meeting stringent security requirements in high-risk operational environments.

Powered by a globally distributed architecture of 65+ PoP, 25+ scrubbing centers with a combined mitigation capacity of up to 30 Tbps, and a 99.999% SLA uptime commitment, Viettel CWAF ensures scalability, high availability and uninterrupted service continuity for mission-critical sectors like finance, e-commerce and e-government. Deployment is completed in approximately one hour, requiring no hardware investment, no network redesign and zero downtime, ensuring full enterprise operation even during large-scale attacks.

The platform integrates multi-layered protection within a unified ecosystem, including Web Application Firewall, API Protection, DDoS Protection, Bot Management, Client-side Protection and continuously updated global Threat Intelligence.

Viettel CWAF differentiates itself through an AI-driven engine with advanced automation:
– Automatic Policy Generation: reducing false positives by >70% compared to traditional solutions.
– API Discovery: automatically identifying endpoints and generating OpenAPI schemas for contextual protection.
– Real-time Signature Generation: creating new DDoS signatures within 10 seconds, responding up to 10 times faster than manual-dependent models.
– CAPTCHA-less Challenge: mitigating bots without compromising user experience.

Beyond technology, Viettel CWAF is supported by a 24/7 expert operations model led by internationally certified cybersecurity professionals (CEH, Security+, CHFI, Radware Certified), with proven global capability demonstrated through achievements such as Top 2 at Standoff Cyberbattle 2025.

Today, Viettel CWAF protects 100+ organizations across banking, securities, government and media. Notably, it safeguards a national government email system, seamlessly scaling from an average 60 Mbps to peak traffic of 500 Mbps without additional cost. Its ability to secure customized port ranges from 2000 to 10,000 further demonstrates its flexibility in complex deployment environments.

Through global-scale architecture, AI-powered automation and a service-centric approach, Viettel CWAF enables organizations to minimize application-layer risk, optimize security expenditure and build a resilient foundation for sustainable digital transformation.