PT Cloud AF

Positive Technologies Discontinues Active Development of PT AF 3, Shifts Focus to PT AF PRO and PT Cloud AF

Positive Technologies is halting active development of its PT Application Firewall 3 product and redirecting resources toward PT AF PRO and the cloud-based PT Cloud AF. Existing customers of the legacy WAF will continue to receive technical support, though no significant new capabilities are expected. The company cites the dramatic expansion of modern web infrastructure, which now spans hundreds of applications, APIs, and microservices across data centers, clouds, branches, and subsidiaries. Positive Technologies notes that exploitation of internet-facing web application vulnerabilities remains the leading initial access vector, accounting for 36 percent of successful corporate network intrusions. PT AF PRO, developed from the ground up over more than six years, is positioned as the new flagship solution for large-scale, distributed environments. The cloud offering PT Cloud AF provides a hardware-free alternative that organizations can manage themselves or fully outsource to partners. Client adoption of PT AF PRO has doubled over the past year.