Security Parity Across CDNs: WAF, Bot Management, Rate Limits, and Origin Authentication
Synopsis Security controls need equivalent outcomes when more than one CDN serves a property. Policy ownership, web application firewall rules, bot defenses, rate limits, origin authentication, secrets, drift control, verification, log normalization, and incident procedures all affect that parity. A routing change must not silently change the security policy. Scope and objectives Security parity means that requests receive the same protection and the same outcomes independent of provider. Rules must be functionally equivalent, telemetry must be comparable, and emergency controls must have the same effect at all edges. Differences in vendor features are handled by choosing portable constructs first and by documenting exceptions that cannot be avoided. ...