Oracle Doubles Down on Cloud Security With CASB, WAF, DDoS Protection

At OpenWorld 2018 on Oct. 23, Oracle announced a series of new cloud security technologies, providing organizations with enhanced capabilities to defend against attacks. Among the new security capabilities is a Web Application Firewall (WAF) to help protect Oracle Cloud Infrastructure customers from web application attacks. Oracle is also adding distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) protection to defend against high-volume bandwidth attacks. Additionally, the Oracle Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB) is being integrated, providing policy control for cloud users. Finally, Oracle is launching a Key Management Service for its cloud users.