Cisco Bot Manager Managed Service
The Cisco Bot Manager Managed Service provides continuous monitoring and management of bot traffic, ensuring your network is protected against automated threats.
- Continuous Monitoring: Proactive detection and mitigation of malicious bot activity.
- Expert Management: Dedicated team of specialists managing your bot defense.
- Enhanced Security: Protects against credential stuffing, scraping, and other bot-driven attacks.
- Operational Efficiency: Frees up internal IT resources to focus on strategic initiatives.
Product Overview
Product Overview
This managed service leverages Cisco's Bot Manager technology to provide a dedicated solution for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating bot traffic across your network. It offers continuous oversight and expert management to safeguard your digital assets and user experience from automated threats.
Designed for businesses that rely heavily on their IT infrastructure, this service is ideal for IT Managers and IT Professionals seeking to offload the complexities of bot management. It integrates into existing network environments, providing a crucial layer of defense without requiring extensive in-house expertise or resources.
- Automated Threat Detection: Identifies and flags suspicious bot activity in real-time.
- Traffic Analysis: Provides insights into bot origins, types, and impact on your services.
- Mitigation Strategies: Implements dynamic blocking and rate-limiting to neutralize threats.
- Reporting and Visibility: Delivers regular reports on bot traffic trends and security posture.
- Expert Support: Access to Cisco-certified professionals for ongoing management and tuning.
Secure your business from automated threats with expert-managed bot protection, delivering enterprise-grade security without the enterprise overhead.
What This Enables
Protecting Against Credential Stuffing Attacks
Enable teams to defend against automated attempts to log into user accounts using stolen credentials. Streamline the process of identifying and blocking malicious login traffic to prevent account takeovers and data breaches.
eCommerce platforms, online banking portals, SaaS applications, customer portals
Preventing Web Scraping and Content Theft
Automate the detection and blocking of bots that scrape website content for competitive analysis or data theft. Protect your intellectual property and maintain control over your digital assets.
Content-heavy websites, proprietary data platforms, e-commerce product catalogs
Securing API Endpoints from Abuse
Streamline the protection of your API endpoints from automated abuse, such as denial-of-service attacks or data exfiltration. Ensure the availability and integrity of your critical application programming interfaces.
Mobile application backends, microservices architectures, third-party integrations
Key Features
Real-time Bot Detection
Identifies and flags malicious bot traffic as it occurs, enabling immediate response to prevent damage.
Advanced Traffic Analysis
Provides deep insights into bot behavior, origins, and impact, informing security strategies.
Automated Mitigation Actions
Automatically blocks or rate-limits suspicious bots, reducing the load on your network and systems.
Managed Service Expertise
Leverages dedicated Cisco security professionals to manage and optimize bot defense, freeing up internal IT resources.
Subscription-based Licensing
Offers predictable costs and continuous access to the latest bot management technology and updates.
Industry Applications
Finance & Insurance
Financial institutions are prime targets for credential stuffing, fraud, and data scraping, making robust bot management essential for protecting sensitive customer data and maintaining trust.
Retail & Hospitality
E-commerce platforms and online booking systems face constant threats from bots used for scalping inventory, scraping pricing, and launching denial-of-service attacks, impacting sales and customer experience.
Healthcare & Life Sciences
Healthcare providers must protect patient data (PHI) from bots attempting unauthorized access and ensure the availability of patient portals and appointment systems.
Legal & Professional Services
Firms handling sensitive client information need to prevent bots from accessing case management systems, client portals, or engaging in reconnaissance activities.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is bot traffic?
Bot traffic refers to automated requests sent to a website or application by software programs, known as bots. While some bots are benign (e.g., search engine crawlers), many are malicious, used for activities like credential stuffing, scraping, or denial-of-service attacks.
How does the Cisco Bot Manager Managed Service work?
This service uses Cisco's advanced technology to monitor your network traffic, identify malicious bot activity, and implement mitigation strategies. It is managed by a dedicated team of experts who ensure continuous protection.
What types of bots does this service protect against?
The service protects against a wide range of malicious bots, including those used for credential stuffing, web scraping, content theft, vulnerability scanning, spamming, and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks.
Deployment & Support
Deployment Complexity
Medium — IT-assisted
Fulfillment
Digital Delivery
License keys / portal provisioning
Support Model
Zent Networks Managed
Renewal, add-license, and lifecycle management included
Subscription Terms
Cancellation
Cancel anytime — no charge on next cycle
You may cancel this subscription at any time. Cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing period. You will not be charged for the following billing cycle. Access remains active through the end of the paid term.
Returns
Subscription licenses are non-refundable
Digital software licenses and SaaS subscriptions cannot be returned once activated or provisioned. Contact a Zent Networks account manager if you have questions before purchasing.