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Detection Is Not Protection: What WAF Detection Mode Does (and Doesn't)


Most teams think a WAF in Detection mode is partially protecting them. It isn’t. Here’s what actually happens to requests, why the logs actively mislead, and how organisations end up stuck in Detection mode indefinitely without noticing.

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