Is QShield a firewall product?

No. QShield is a WAAP (Web Application and API Protection) and API security platform, not a network firewall. COSGrid's next-generation firewall product is COSGrid NexusShield.

How does QShield detect threats early?

QShield uses AI-driven predictive security to identify attack patterns early, aiming to prevent attacks up to 72 hours before they happen.

Does QShield support Kubernetes and cloud-native environments?

Yes. QShield supports Kubernetes Ingress/Gateway deployment, service mesh sidecar deployments, SaaS WAF mode, edge/WAF mode, and appliance/VM deployment for hybrid and on-premise environments.

Is there a free trial for QShield?

Yes. COSGrid QShield offers a 14-day free trial with no credit card required.

COSGrid QShield

Q: What is COSGrid QShield?

QShield is COSGrid's AI-powered WAAP and API security platform that protects web applications and APIs from OWASP-class attacks, bots, DDoS, and API abuse using predictive threat detection.

Next-Generation
API Security & WAAP Platform

Predictive threat detection that stops API attacks before they happen. Full API discovery, DDoS mitigation, WAF, and bot management in one platform.

Why teams switch to QShield

Made in India

DPDPA-aligned data sovereignty

6 Deployment Modes

Sidecar, Edge/WAF, K8s, Appliance, Hybrid

72-Hour Prediction

Stops attacks before they happen

What is COSGrid QShield?

COSGrid QShield is an AI-powered Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) platform that delivers predictive threat detection, stopping API attacks up to 72 hours in advance. It unifies WAF, API security, bot protection, and Layer 7 DDoS defense in a single cloud-native platform, covering known, unknown, and shadow APIs across cloud, Kubernetes, and hybrid environments.

Differentiators

What Sets Our QShield Apart?

API Discovery & Inventory

100% API Visibility Including Shadow APIs
Real-Time Inventory Updates With Risk Assessment

Advanced Bot Management

97% Bot Detection Accuracy With Behavioral Biometrics
Zero CAPTCHA Friction With Good Bot Allowlisting

ML-Powered Protection

75% Zero-Day Detection With Self-Learning Models
Behavioral Baselines And Anomaly Detection

Business Logic Protection

Transaction Integrity With Rate Limiting By Context
Workflow Validation And Fraud Prevention

Zero Trust Architecture

mTLS Authentication With DPoP Tokens And Policy As Code
Just-In-Time Access With Continuous Policy Enforcement

Compliance & Reporting

PCI DSS 4.0, SOC 2 Type II, GDPR/CCPA Certified
One-Click Automated Compliance Reports

WAAP/API Security Deployment Modes

Mobile

Machine

Attackers

Bot

DDOS Mitigation

WAF

API Protection

Bot Mitigation

SaaS WAP

Fully managed Multi tenant Global Threat Intel

Sidecar/Service Mesh

Pre-workload proxies Central policy mTLS+ API discovery

Edge/WAF Mode

Managed PoPs BYOs policies DDoS protection

K8s Ingress/Gateway

Helm deployed Envoy/NGINX Pre-Cluster gateway

Appliance/VM

OCI image KVM/VMWare/Hyper-V Regulated Environments

Inline + TAP Hybrid

Gateway enforcement eBPF/HTTP TAP Traffic Monitoring

Benefits

QShield Business Impact

40%

Built for every access scenario

Eliminate hidden risks from unknown and forgotten APIs

Logic-layer attacks like Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA) bypass traditional security tools entirely. QSHIELD monitors API call sequences in real time, detecting and blocking workflow abuse and privilege escalation attempts in under 5ms — without requiring any changes to your application code.

Continuously uncover and prioritise endpoint vulnerabilities

Static, point-in-time assessments miss risks that emerge between reviews. QSHIELD continuously evaluates every API endpoint against OWASP Top 10 and NIST 800-207 benchmarks, prioritising the vulnerabilities that matter most so your team focuses effort where it counts.

Detect exposed APIs and block malicious access in real time

APIs that lack proper access controls leak customer records, financial data, and intellectual property. QSHIELD enforces Zero Trust at the sidecar level — with native ZTNA, mTLS and JWT/JWKS policies — detecting exposed endpoints and blocking malicious access before data leaves your environment.

Stop BOLA and workflow abuse before they compromise your apps

COSGrid QShield - FAQs

Have a question about QShield?

What is COSGrid QShield?

COSGrid QShield is an AI-powered API security platform that discovers, assesses, and protects every API your organization exposes — including the ones you don't know about. It combines API discovery, risk assessment, threat detection, and Web Application & API Protection (WAAP) capabilities across three editions: QShield Discover, QShield API, and QShield WAAP.

How is QShield different from a traditional WAF?

A traditional WAF inspects web traffic at the application perimeter and matches against known attack signatures. QShield is built for API-first environments — it maps your entire API surface including shadow and forgotten endpoints, assesses business logic risk, and uses behavioral AI to detect attacks that have no signature, such as BOLA (Broken Object Level Authorization) and workflow abuse. WAF is a component of QShield, not its ceiling.

What are the three QShield editions?

QShield Discover is the starting point — a free API visibility layer that maps your API landscape, including shadow APIs, with no inline insertion required. QShield API adds risk assessment, behavioral threat detection, and data leakage prevention. QShield WAAP adds the full WAF, DDoS mitigation, and bot management stack on top for organizations that need perimeter protection alongside API security.

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COSGrid QShield

Next-GenerationAPI Security & WAAP Platform

Why teams switch to QShield

Made in India

6 Deployment Modes

72-Hour Prediction

What is COSGrid QShield?