POV: Bot or Not?
Sophisticated, malicious bots can bypass security by mimicking human behavior
Bot or Not? Sophisticated, Malicious Bots Can Bypass Security by Mimicking Human Behaviour.
Bad bots are a serious cybersecurity concern because they can easily bypass common defense strategies, which can lead to:
- Financial losses from online fraud
- Service disruption from bot floods
- Data breaches
- Regulatory compliance risks
Today, solutions to protect against bots must be intelligent with the ability to identify, correlate, and analyze all suspicious traffic to an application.
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