GT Covid-19, composed of experts from CLM, a Latin American value-added distributor, discloses yet another of the technologies available to help organizations quickly transform themselves and be able to act in a pandemic world. To counter the increase in automated bot attacks in web and mobile applications, as well as in application programming interfaces (APIs), the group selected Radware Bot Manager, a solution that identifies and separates the good bots from the bad.
Fast and easy deployment, competitive cost and constant improvement of Radware's cybersecurity technology were the reasons for choosing the BOT MANAGER by GT Covid-19. Add to that the news of Radware making the technology available in Brazil through SaaS, with affordable monthly payments.
To get an idea of the threat potential of BAD Bots, the annual report “The Big Bad Bot Problem 2020” found that in 2019 they generated almost 24.5% of total internet traffic, up 20% over the previous year. (link to the survey https://go.clm.com.br/BadBotResearch)
In the fourth quarter, as more people shop online, traffic from bad bots jumped to 29.3% of total internet traffic. The study was built on quantitative data about Radware's global customer traffic in nearly 200 countries and includes hundreds of millions of legitimate and malicious bot behaviors, fingerprints, and sources.
With the Pandemic and the exponential growth of online shopping platforms, an explosion in BAD Bots activity is to be expected. According to CLM's technical director, Pedro Diogenes, by intelligently detecting and blocking malicious bots, organizations from all sectors can greatly improve their cyber security and avoid major financial losses.
Remember that the bots are smart apps that perform tasks, automatically on the internet. The “good” bots are extremely useful and can have many functions for companies, such as indexing search engines, monitoring web applications, scanning for vulnerabilities, among others. However, the same concept is also used for harmful actions and bad bots can steal content, customer list, put virus and malware on the system. They are of various types spam, zombie, spy and scrapers and bot imposters.
The solution
Radware Bot Manager provides comprehensive protection for web, mobile and API applications against all generations of automated threats (bots) that attack applications and systems. The technology complements Radware Web Application Firewall and anti-DDoS solutions, and uses intelligent analysis of the behavior of human users and roBOTS on the internet.
Patented by Radware to identify the intent behind bot visits and provide accurate ratings of genuine users, GOOD Bots and BAD Bots. It even identifies the sophisticated and intelligent fourth-generation bots that often elude detection even by advanced protection solutions.
Mapping: technology scan goes filigree
The goal of GT Covid-19 is to strategically drive companies, reduce costs, improve processes and increase cybersecurity. “There is a new world emerging and, with it, the technological deficiencies of many companies also appeared. And it is necessary to transform to ensure infrastructure and security to remain competitive during and after the crisis of the new coronavirus,” stresses Diogenes.
The WG is composed of six experts from CLM:
• Christiano Gomes – Product Manager at CLM, mechatronic engineer by Escola Politécnica da USP
• Daniela Porto – Project Manager at CLM, chemical engineer from the State University of Campinas
• Felipe Azevedo – Product Manager at CLM, Bachelor in Technology Management, UNIP
• Gabriel Camargo – Director of Products at CLM, MBA – University of Virginia Darden School of Business, Production Engineer at Escola de Engenharia Mauá.
• Peter Diogenes – Technical Director of CLM, Computer Engineer by Universidade Potiguar,
• Tom Camargo – Commercial Director at CLM, MBA Insper, Production Engineer from Escola de Engenharia Mauá.
Eligibility of technologies
To be eligible, technologies must meet certain criteria established by the WG, such as immediate interest, innovative products, rapid deployment and excellent quality/price ratio. It was based on these parameters that Radware Bot Manager, one of the pioneers in this market, was included in the mapping.
About CLM
CLM Software is a Latin American Value Added distributor focused on information security, LGPD, advanced infrastructure and cloud. The company distributes solutions from industry-leading manufacturers such as A10 Networks, Allot, AppGate, Arista, Barracuda Networks, Bitglass, Hillstone Networks, Kemp Technologies, Nutanix, Picus Security, Proofpoint, Pure Storage, Radware, SentinelOne and Varonis. Headquartered in São Paulo, the company has subsidiaries in the US, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. With an extensive network of VAR's in Latin America and vast experience in the market, CLM is constantly looking for innovative and disruptive solutions to provide more and more value to its channels and its customers.
About Radware
Radware is a global leader in cybersecurity solutions and application delivery for physical, cloud and software-defined data centers. Its award-winning portfolio of solutions ensures a digital experience, delivering infrastructure, application and enterprise protection services and IT availability to businesses around the world. Radware's solutions enable more than 12,500 enterprise and carrier customers worldwide to quickly adapt to market challenges, maintain business continuity and achieve maximum productivity while keeping costs low
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