Bot Security Fundamentals

This foundational training introduces the principles of bot security and automated web traffic. Participants will learn how bots operate, why organizations use legitimate automation, and how malicious bots abuse websites, applications, APIs, and digital services. The course establishes a clear distinction between beneficial bots such as search-engine crawlers, monitoring services, and authorized automation, and malicious bots involved in credential attacks, scraping, fraud, account takeover, and other forms of automated abuse. Key Topics: Introduction to bots and automated traffic Good bots vs. bad bots Types of legitimate web crawlers Types of malicious bots Bot lifecycle and attack lifecycle Automated web and API traffic Botnets and distributed automation Common bot attack patterns Account takeover and credential abuse Automated scraping and content harvesting Automated fraud and abuse Bot-related security risks Introduction to bot detection and mitigation Business impact of malicious automation Building a basic bot-security strategy Learning Outcomes: By the end of this training, participants will understand how automated traffic works, identify major categories of bots, recognize common malicious bot behaviors, and understand the fundamentals of protecting websites, applications, and APIs against automated abuse.