WAF Knowledge Base – Cyber Security Evaluation

Security ROI: Why It Fails and What to Use Instead

The Problem with ROI in Security Return on Investment (ROI) is a financial metric designed to measure profit generation. Security investments do not generate profit, they reduce risk, exposure, and impact. When security works, nothing happens. There is no transaction, no revenue spike, and no visible “return.” As a result, ROI forces CISOs to justify…

Automated Traffic Threats

ATT

Hacktica DSMM define Automated traffic threat 4 category 1.Data Collect (Automated data harvesting and scraping) 2.Payloads Submit (Spamming and sending misleading data, Fake accounts and registration abuse) 3.Transactions Tweak (Manipulating purchases, trades, and inventory) 4.Traffic Divert (Skewing results and redirecting traffic) •

Hacktica DSMM Entities (E1–E4)

DSMM

Hacktica DSMM Entities (E1–E4) EntityNameDescriptionE1Input Layer (App Entities)Fields and structures controlled by the user in the request payload→ Param Name, Param Value, POST body, JSON, XML, Multipart, etc.→ Request Headers (custom, standard), Cookies→ Referrer Header, User-Agent Header→ File UploadsCommon use: Signature detection, meta character rules, size checksE2Source Identity LayerNetwork and contextual origin of the request→…

Indexed Prevention Elements

sarc

SARC → PA Indexed Prevention Elements D1. Signatures [S1] RCE AV (Remote Command Execution) [S2] SQLi (SQL Injection) [S3] XSS (Cross-site Scripting) [S4] LFI (Local File Inclusion) [S5] RFI (Remote File Inclusion) [S6] Specific exploit signature [S7] Generic exploits signature [S8] Informational signature [S9] Global signature – request level [S10] Param-level signature [S11] URL param-level…

Application Common Attack Vectors (A-CAV)

WAF

Hackitca Attack index 🟧 1. Web Exploits (Request-Based Attacks) SQL Injection OS Command Injection Remote/Local File Inclusion (RFI/LFI) Directory Traversal / Path Traversal HTTP Smuggling HTTP Request Splitting Buffer Overflow Server Misconfiguration Improper Input Handling Web Defacement 🟨 2. Client-Side Attacks Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) Clickjacking Autocomplete Attribute Abuse Weak Password Recovery…

Hacktica AI enviromnet

Security AI

If you want to do what we do with AI. Create a project Hacktica AI feeds Uploads those files Start asking questions in the protect prompt e.g. What are my…

Risk Mitigation Score (RMS)

RMS

RMS is a custom security metric developed by Hacktica to quantify how effectively a security control (like a WAF or bot manager) reduces real-world risk. Hacktica RMS Strengths: 1.Focuses on Controls — Not just risk exposure, but whether the WAF actually mitigates threats. 2.Modular & Transparent — Clear test categories (e.g., SQLi, XSS, Bots, Brute…

Defensive Security Management Methodology (DSMM)

DSMM

DSMM (Defensive Security Management Methodology) is turning security operations into measurable, value-driven engineering. Security is measurable .DSMM is Hacktica’s proprietary methodology that translates defensive security work into measurable business value. Instead of relying on assumptions, DSMM evaluates how well your protection plan performs — using defined process lists, command-based validations, and real-world attack simulations. What…

Terminology

WAF

Brute force – Application brute force DDoS – Application layer DDoS, floods with distbueted Vul hunting – any vulenrabilties rlated. XSS, SQLi, Full CAV bundle – includes all the main families above. SDLC security products Efficacy test products security Static scanner SPLC TMA PT = testing automation SCT Updates AMI3A

Part 0 intro – Web economy

WAF

Web applications are the ultimate free market to sell any goods, it is also open 24/7/365 for hacking The web application ecosystem Web applications change the world and create the web application economy revolution where any one with a good idea can build a web application to provides products or services and monetize with end…