The number of attacks on web applications has increased dramatically and security solutions such as WAF and EDR are missing attacks because they have no visibility into applications. K2 provides complete signatureless runtime protection of web applications and APIs against zero-day and sophisticated attacks such as SQL Injection, Remote Code Injection (RCI) and Remote Code Execution (RCE) in real time. K2 has developed a unique patented technology that creates a “DNA” map of the applications based on runtime execution traces. The “DNA” map is used to validate that the application executes as designed and alerts on deviations of correct execution caused by sophisticated attacks.
Sophisticated attacks exploit nuances of modern web applications and cloud infrastructure which requires visibility inside applications that WAF, EDR and cloud security solutions lack. Most attacks on web applications requires understanding of application’s execution and context. WAF, EDR and cloud security solutions do not understand web application architecture as well as lack the language support so cannot provide effective web application protection against sophisticated attacks like Remote Code Execution and SQL injection. Also, traditional security solutions use pattern matching, machine learning and signature-based technology resulting in many missed zero-day attacks and false alerts.