Protecting your website from malicious activity needs to play a major role in any firm's security strategy, and one important form of activity to focus on is guarding against bot traffic. These connections can damage businesses in a number of ways, from exposing them to data breaches to disrupting critical online activities. This can result in significant costs, so investing in the right tools and technology now can pay major dividends later.
Bot detection should be a growing concern for any business. According to figures from Imperva, for instance, more than a quarter of all web traffic in 2020 (25.6% of web requests) originated from malicious bots.
A major risk of bot traffic is distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These seek to flood your server with requests in order to overwhelm its capacity, meaning legitimate traffic can't be served. This is more than just a nuisance; effective DDoS attacks can shut down operations completely, resulting in major loss of revenue or reputation, and are increasingly being used as part of wider attacks such as ransomware attempts.