Privacy & Risk Management Vice President, Information Security at a computer software company with 501-1,000 employees
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Top 20
2024-05-08T19:37:04Z
May 8, 2024
I think one of the concerns in our company was managing frauds, where we used to face multiple instances related to bots and other instances of VPNs, which we wanted to contain. In our company, we implemented Akamai Edge Platform. Our company's DNS routes through Akamai Cloud and then comes back into our production network. The tool filters and inspects the traffic, and then it reroutes back to us. One of the better experiences with Akamai is that it is PCI compliant. As my company accepts payments, we need to make sure that our vendors are also PCI compliant.
Bot manager consists of two versions: Bot Manager Standard and Bot Manager Premium. The Standard version handles regular requests, assessing for anomalies such as proper cookies, headers, and the legitimacy of the browsing source. It serves as protection against standard threats, allowing us to discern between genuine users and bots based on headers or cookies. On the other hand, Bot Manager Premium offers heightened security by delving into more advanced settings. This feature relies on a selection process. Akamai facilitates this by sending two types of cookies when accessing a specific page. One cookie operates as a short-term collector, gathering data during typical site browsing, while another serves as a long-term cookie, analyzing user behavior, including keyboard and mouse movements. This comprehensive approach enables the collection of behavioral telemetry for a more thorough understanding of user interactions with the site.
We use Akamai Bot Manager to onboard and secure our APIs from any kind of unprecedented attacks and create mitigation rules. We have APIs for different business functionalities.
Cyber Recovery Lead at a insurance company with 10,001+ employees
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Top 5
2023-10-13T10:07:26Z
Oct 13, 2023
We use Akamai Bot Manager mainly to mitigate the botnets, including the malicious and advanced botnets. We use the solution for monitoring the elementary information, the difference between humans and bots. We also use the solution to stop all kinds of bot attacks.
Staff Engineer at a retailer with 1,001-5,000 employees
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Top 5
2023-04-25T12:53:00Z
Apr 25, 2023
The Akamai Bot Manager provides us with a variety of custom rules, such as whitelists and blocklists for specific bots. These rules are particularly useful as we work with numerous third-party vendors, each with its own unique use cases and incoming traffic. With the Bot Manager, we can effectively mitigate bot traffic while simultaneously allowing whitelisted traffic that we recognize as legitimate. Additionally, Akamai's identification of known and unknown bots is immensely beneficial as we better understand our traffic, including the volume of bot traffic. Overall, the Bot Manager is an essential tool for managing our traffic and ensuring that we maintain a strong client reputation.
Head of Information at a leisure / travel company with 51-200 employees
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Top 10
2022-09-14T11:46:17Z
Sep 14, 2022
Akamai Bot Manager is used for security purposes. It helps prevent any bots which are trying to target our website and applications, unable to do so. The request or attack gets dropped at the Akamai lab before it comes and hits my cloud infrastructure or my applications. It makes my application more secure.
Akamai Bot Manager is a comprehensive Bot Management Software solution provided by Akamai Technologies. It is designed to protect websites, applications, and APIs from automated bot attacks. Akamai is a leading content delivery network (CDN) and cloud service provider, offering a range of cybersecurity solutions, including Bot Manager.
Akamai Bot Manager utilizes advanced algorithms, machine learning, and behavioral analysis to identify and mitigate malicious bot traffic in real-time. It...
I think one of the concerns in our company was managing frauds, where we used to face multiple instances related to bots and other instances of VPNs, which we wanted to contain. In our company, we implemented Akamai Edge Platform. Our company's DNS routes through Akamai Cloud and then comes back into our production network. The tool filters and inspects the traffic, and then it reroutes back to us. One of the better experiences with Akamai is that it is PCI compliant. As my company accepts payments, we need to make sure that our vendors are also PCI compliant.
Bot manager consists of two versions: Bot Manager Standard and Bot Manager Premium. The Standard version handles regular requests, assessing for anomalies such as proper cookies, headers, and the legitimacy of the browsing source. It serves as protection against standard threats, allowing us to discern between genuine users and bots based on headers or cookies. On the other hand, Bot Manager Premium offers heightened security by delving into more advanced settings. This feature relies on a selection process. Akamai facilitates this by sending two types of cookies when accessing a specific page. One cookie operates as a short-term collector, gathering data during typical site browsing, while another serves as a long-term cookie, analyzing user behavior, including keyboard and mouse movements. This comprehensive approach enables the collection of behavioral telemetry for a more thorough understanding of user interactions with the site.
We use Akamai Bot Manager to onboard and secure our APIs from any kind of unprecedented attacks and create mitigation rules. We have APIs for different business functionalities.
We use Akamai Bot Manager mainly to mitigate the botnets, including the malicious and advanced botnets. We use the solution for monitoring the elementary information, the difference between humans and bots. We also use the solution to stop all kinds of bot attacks.
The Akamai Bot Manager provides us with a variety of custom rules, such as whitelists and blocklists for specific bots. These rules are particularly useful as we work with numerous third-party vendors, each with its own unique use cases and incoming traffic. With the Bot Manager, we can effectively mitigate bot traffic while simultaneously allowing whitelisted traffic that we recognize as legitimate. Additionally, Akamai's identification of known and unknown bots is immensely beneficial as we better understand our traffic, including the volume of bot traffic. Overall, the Bot Manager is an essential tool for managing our traffic and ensuring that we maintain a strong client reputation.
Akamai Bot Manager is used for security purposes. It helps prevent any bots which are trying to target our website and applications, unable to do so. The request or attack gets dropped at the Akamai lab before it comes and hits my cloud infrastructure or my applications. It makes my application more secure.
It has a bot detection methods and options for you to do more work blocking specific traffic. That is exactly what the Bot Manager does.