Sandy Carielli

Our team of security and risk analysts spent the past few months brainstorming and curating tactical and strategic advice designed to improve your security programs for 2020 and beyond . . . and then along came the COVID-19 global pandemic. In the midst of this, firms are undergoing a shuffle of priorities to accommodate a […]

Let’s face it: Web application firewalls (WAFs) rarely excite the security imagination. WAFs have been ubiquitous for at least 15 years and play an important role in detecting and blocking OWASP Top 10 application level attacks like SQL injection and cross-site scripting. WAFs are table stakes in any environment, but they suffer from the perception […]

Attending RSA Conference is like being at a giant class reunion where everyone still has homework to do. Catching up with old friends working at new companies is great (and it usually starts at the airport), but most of us work hard during the week. Depending on where I worked, I have spent previous conferences […]

There are good bot uses and there are bad ones. If your business is collecting customer data or images, you have a responsibility to guard against the web scraping bad bots. Learn how.

One of my favorite things about covering the bot management market is that bots are not just a security issue. Sure, it’s common for bots to conduct credential stuffing attacks with a bunch of stolen usernames and passwords, but that just scratches the surface of the bot problem. Attackers also use bots to perform reconnaissance […]

With F5 Networks buying itself a $1 billion Christmas present in Shape Security, it’s a good time to review the state of the bot management market. The Shape Security sale caps off a year of bot management acquisitions by web application firewall (WAF) vendors. In January, Radware announced that it had acquired ShieldSquare, and in […]

Bot traffic can eat into profits and sabotage customer experiences. Learn how to play defense.

Browser based attacks are particularly frustrating because they directly affect your customers. Learn what attackers are doing and how to minimize the risk.