
A security service such as this works essentially as a barrier, protecting the website by examining any traffic coming in, identifying any potential threats and consequently, denying those threats access to the website. Besides that, the security system employs a number of advanced mechanisms that are able to uncover patterns of attackers. This includes detecting if a given particular request is an SQL injection, a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack, or if there is any suspicious automated activity going on. Some of its main advantages are: