Top 7 Selection Criteria for Automated Bot Prevention Solutions

How to Ensure Long-Term Protection Against Today’s Evolving Automated Attacks Today, bots are becoming more than just a security threat. Their contributions to very real lost revenue and customer dissatisfaction are now getting noticed in the boardroom… Continue reading Top 7 Selection Criteria for Automated Bot Prevention Solutions

Enabling Retail Deals and Repelling the “Steals”

Retailers, shoppers and threat actors alike are preparing for the big day: Amazon Prime Day, when there are retail sales opportunities to be had as retailers run their own sale event to compete with, or leverage the public visibility of the day. There … Continue reading Enabling Retail Deals and Repelling the “Steals”

How This Cool Sneakerhead Mom Beat the Bots

If you grew up in the 80s like I did, you probably remember watching Michael Jordan dominate the basketball court for the Chicago Bulls. I spent many evenings with my family watching him fly high through the air, hanging from the rim and winning countl… Continue reading How This Cool Sneakerhead Mom Beat the Bots

Why Isn’t CAPTCHA Dead Yet?

The team at AltaVista (RIP) invented the CAPTCHA in 1997. At the time, it was a groundbreaking solution to a niche problem: preventing bots from entering URLs into the web search engine. Fast forward to 2021, and there are more than 20 different CAPTCH… Continue reading Why Isn’t CAPTCHA Dead Yet?

Why Isn’t CAPTCHA Dead Yet?

The team at AltaVista (RIP) invented the CAPTCHA in 1997. At the time, it was a groundbreaking solution to a niche problem: preventing bots from entering URLs into the web search engine. Fast forward to 2021, and there are more than 20 different CAPTCH… Continue reading Why Isn’t CAPTCHA Dead Yet?

Behind the Scenes: The Journey to Defensive Security & Kasada v2

We’ve been on a journey to rebuild a defensive security solution against highly skilled, motivated, and persistent adversaries. Our new v2 platform development has been years in the making. Over this time, we’ve focused on adversarial thinking in all p… Continue reading Behind the Scenes: The Journey to Defensive Security & Kasada v2

When “Good Enough” Bot Protection Negatively Impacts the Bottom Line

Lending support to the business impact of bots we discussed in a webinar a few weeks ago, Google has released the results of a survey performed by Forrester, further quantifying the true impact malicious bots have on an organization. Driven by a global… Continue reading When “Good Enough” Bot Protection Negatively Impacts the Bottom Line

Reality Check: Automated Shopping Bots are a Business Problem

Last week, I had the pleasure of participating in a webinar on automated shopping bots with Sandy Carielli, Security and Risk Analyst at Forrester Research. The webinar highlighted two things for me: automated shopping bots are a complex problem and th… Continue reading Reality Check: Automated Shopping Bots are a Business Problem

Build vs. Buy — Bot Prevention Decision

Recently, we had several prospective customers tell us that they have created their own bot mitigation solution and it was working for them. Without an opportunity to see their solution in operation and the results, we have to believe them. Building yo… Continue reading Build vs. Buy — Bot Prevention Decision