Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Security Operations , Threat Detection

OnDemand: The Automation Dilemma: Understanding the role of bots in your web apps and APIs

Presented by Fastly 60 minutes

Web applications and APIs of today have empowered companies to create lightning-fast online experiences, revolutionizing user engagement and satisfaction. Developers benefit from automation and scripting to enhance productivity, search engine optimization, and resource management efficiently.

However, these same tools are also available to malicious actors, enabling them to attack and exploit applications with incredible efficiency and scale. As a result, security and developer teams face a critical challenge of effectively blocking unwanted automation on their apps and APIs, without negatively impacting user experience.

In this webinar, the critical role of bots, scripts, and other forms of automation and its impact on application and API protection, will be explored. Attendees will learn:

How to define “wanted” beneficial bots’ versus “unwanted” malicious bots;
How good or “wanted” bots create better product experiences;
How legacy WAFs fall short on identifying bot attacks and other malicious automation;
Why a modern WAF delivers better blocking efficacy.