Bot Management is the process through which you can protect an application from being damaged or abused by automated scripts, commonly called bots.

Bots can be used to maliciously attack applications and consume large amounts of resources, such as bandwidth or CPU time. Bot Management solutions help protect applications by detecting and blocking bots, as well as by identifying the sources of any attacks. This allows administrators to take action to stop the attacks and protect the application.

Bot Management solutions use a variety of techniques to detect and block malicious bots. These include IP address filtering, session data analysis, heuristic rules, and machine learning algorithms. IP address filtering is used to prevent traffic from known malicious sources from accessing the application. Session data analysis can detect suspicious patterns in user behaviour that are indicative of bot activity. Heuristic rules can be used to detect attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in the application. Finally, machine learning algorithms can be used to identify and block bots that have not been seen before.

Bot Management solutions also provide additional protection by tracking any malicious activity, including information about the source of the attack and the type of bot used. This data can then be used to identify the source of the attack and to take appropriate action, such as blocking future attacks from that specific IP address.

Overall, Bot Management is an important part of keeping applications safe and secure by protecting against malicious bots. It can help administrators detect and block attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in their application, while also tracking malicious activity and taking action to stop it. Bot Management solutions can be used to provide a comprehensive defense against malicious bots, helping keep applications secure and available.​

Edgeport's Bot protection is based on artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies. In addition, data is utilized intelligently and proactive actions are automatically taken. Security validations can be bypassed using custom rules based on criteria such as queries, countries, or URL paths.

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