Network traffic in companies is generated by bots almost as much as by humans, shows a recent study. As bots become more sophisticated, they bypass the security challenges in place.
While there are good bots, the bad ones are present in larger numbers and they can impact overall performance and metrics as well as security.
Plenty of automated traffic
Telemetry data from cybersecurity company Radware provides insight into the source of traffic on customer networks, identifying automated threats as generating 45% of the traffic aimed at a web application or service.
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