Workforce Internet access control and enterprise firewall are two important components of WAF (Web Access Management). Workforce Internet Access Control is implemented with Workforce Firewall and WAF. These two technologies can block unauthorized website access from any connected computer in the enterprise. The following is a brief discussion about how web application firewalls and WAF work.

The basic work of a web application firewall (also called as WAF) is to block the malicious Internet code from accessing the system or application. It does so by locating that code and then blocking all access to it. There are many different web security solutions available in the market for this purpose. Two of the most popular and the most commonly used are WAF and Applegate.

A workable solution for enterprises using WAF is the Applegate web application server. Applegate is a powerful WAF tool that allows the blocking of malicious web applications, while providing simplified controls over the whole process. It works by monitoring all network traffic and then classifying it according to the security risk level. Once the threat is detected, the source computer is blocked from sending any further traffic to the vulnerable application server or browser. The browser will be forced to deny access, and if that fails, the user will be prompted to log in again.