Defending Against Invisible Users: Strategies for Resilience

In the digital world, appearances can be deceiving. Many users aren’t who they claim to be.

New platforms often experience immediate traffic surges, which may seem like a win initially, but not always from genuine users. This is often caused by automated bots relentlessly probing your system’s vulnerabilities. Automated agents continuously scan your system for vulnerabilities, pushing System Design to rethink how to distinguish real users from sneaky bots.

Today’s System Design must anticipate these hidden threats and build resilient architectures to differentiate legitimate users from hostile automated traffic.

We’ll discuss:

• Why bots often arrive before real users and the risks they pose

• The difference between helpful and harmful automated traffic

• 3 System Design patterns to protect against bots and fraud

• 4 architectural techniques to absorb and deflect invisible traffic

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