Outcomes

  • Map detection outputs into production controls and telemetry
  • Tune for business impact, observability, and false-positive cost

Prerequisites

  • Sections 1-7 completed
  • Familiarity with a major CDN or WAF product

Section Breakdown

Lecture 45

Cloudflare, AWS WAF & Akamai — How They Stack

Compare platform primitives, operational fit, and where managed products differ in leverage and visibility.

Lecture 46

Redis, Caching & Session Storage for Detection at Scale

Use caching and state stores to retain enough context for detection without losing performance.

Lecture 47

Plugging Your Detections Into a Real Production Environment

Integrate prototypes into request pipelines, incident workflows, and operational review loops.

Lecture 48

Logging, Observability & SOC Integration

Shape logs and metrics so bot investigations can move from dashboards into investigations and response.

Lecture 49

Cost of False Positives — Tuning Thresholds Without Blocking Real Users

Make the tradeoffs explicit when bot controls affect revenue, customer trust, and operator load.