One of the first advantages that comes to the mind when considering the use of a reverse proxy is the improved security. This happens because now we can run our web application behind the firewall so that it cannot be accessed directly. The reverse proxy intercepts the request and forwards it to the application without letting the user know what is going on behind the scenes with the request that they made.

This restricted access to the web application helps in reducing the attack surface that can be utilized by a malicious user to break into the web application, and access or modify the critical records.