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Website managers and companies looking for a bot detection solution to spot evasive threats
About Akamai Bot Manager
Not all bots are created equal ― some are helpful, most are a nuisance, and others harm your business by leading to account takeover and fraud. Because bots are evolving to evade current detection technologies, the risks and costs for organizations are exploding — requiring a new and innovative approach. Bot Manager delivers advanced bot detection to spot and avert the most evasive threats, so you stay ahead of the evolving bot landscape and stop the most sophisticated bots at the edge ― keeping them away from your business. You interact with more than just your customers through your website. Better understand who is coming to your website and what they are trying to do. Then, apply the right policies to control how they can interact with you, what content they can see, and their impacts on your business. Your website has an integral role in your online business strategy.
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