How does a firewall protect my website?


A modern website is exposed to a wide variety of data streams every day – from real users to automated bots. In addition to human visitors, programs also regularly access your site to analyze or crawl it.

Not all bots are harmful. Many perform important tasks that you actually need for your online business. For example, the Googlebot scans your content to display it in search results. EuropeanSEC also uses its own analysis tools that automatically scan your website for known malware patterns. This way, security vulnerabilities can be detected early and resolved together with you.

However, in addition to the “good” bots, there are also harmful bots. Their goal is to search your website for vulnerable spots in order to exploit them in a targeted manner. As soon as a vulnerability is found, attackers can inject malicious code that causes significant damage to your site.

This is exactly where the EuropeanSEC firewall comes in: It is based on a comprehensive database of known malware bots and automatically blocks their access attempts. This means that even existing vulnerabilities cannot be exploited, as the firewall intercepts suspicious traffic in advance.

In addition, with a firewall you have the ability to define who is even allowed to visit your website. For example, if you run a regional business website, you can block access for certain countries or entire continents. For local businesses that do not serve international customers, this is an effective measure: attacks from abroad are blocked without affecting your actual business.


Firewall Dashboard and Analytics

The dashboard of your firewall, in combination with the Content Delivery Network (CDN), provides you with a clear overview of all relevant security metrics. There you can track which threats have been repelled, which traffic sources are blocked, and how effectively your website is being protected.


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