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Yandex Smart Web Security

With Yandex Smart Web Security, you can protect your infrastructure against DDoS attacks and bots at the application layer (L7). You can further strengthen your protection with: Web application firewall (WAF) and Advanced rate limiter (ARL).

  • Getting started

    Create your first security profile and connect it to the L7 load balancer

  • Step-by-step guides

    How to perform routine operations

  • Concepts

    Learn about L7 security profiles, basic rules, and smart protection rules

  • WAF

    Learn about web application firewalls

  • ARL

    Learn about rate limiting with an advanced rate limiter

  • Tutorials

    Leverage out-of-the-box use cases to protect your web apps

  • Quotas and limits

    Technical and organizational limitations

  • Access management

    Configure access permissions to use this service

  • Pricing policy

    Service pricing and cost calculation

  • API reference

    HTTP API method descriptions