It’s easy to assume that only large corporations are targeted by cyberattacks, but that’s not the case. Small business websites are vulnerable too, often more so because they typically lack robust cybersecurity defenses. In fact, more than 50% of all internet traffic is made up of bots, and not all of them are benign. While some bots (like search engine crawlers) are helpful, about 37% consist of bad bots that are designed to probe for weaknesses, steal data, or take down your site. That’s where a WAF comes in. It inspects every visitor and data request coming to your website, automatically blocking those that show signs of malicious intent.
