Protection fit

Which protection needs are you evaluating?

Start with the concerns affecting your website. Connect them with DDoS protection, WAF, and bot protection to identify questions for further assessment.

Map your protection needs
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Concern → capability → requirement

Turn protection concerns into evaluation questions.

Start with what your website needs. Use these associations to choose a capability to examine and make the requirements behind your concern explicit.

Website protection concerns, capabilities to examine, and requirements to clarify
Your concernDDoS-related traffic concernsCapability to examine
DDoS protection
Requirement to clarify

Which traffic concerns and availability requirements should your DDoS evaluation address?

Identify the affected website services and the traffic patterns you need to discuss.

Your concernWeb application protection requirementsCapability to examine
WAF
Requirement to clarify

Which application risks and legitimate request requirements should your WAF evaluation consider?

Describe the applications in scope and the user interactions you need to preserve.

Your concernBot-related traffic concernsCapability to examine
Bot protection
Requirement to clarify

Which automated traffic concerns matter to your website, and which automated activity should remain allowed?

Distinguish unwanted activity from automation your website relies on.

Fit questions

Can I have more than one protection concern?

Yes. Consider each category that relates to your website and note the questions it raises. Overlapping concerns are a starting point for an assessment—not a conclusion that a combined deployment is supported or needed.

What should I clarify before discussing fit?

Describe the website requirements behind each concern: what you want to address, what needs to keep working, and which constraints matter to your team. Keep unresolved questions alongside those requirements so the discussion can focus on what still needs to be assessed.

Bring into the discussion

Website requirements

Open questions

Carry your protection questions forward.

Bring your open protection questions into a combined fit review, or discuss your requirements directly with sales.