Andy Barnard

Bots can be of significant benefit to organization by automating repetitive tasks and providing faster customer service. However, they are also increasingly becoming a powerful tool for cyber-criminals and fraudsters to launch attacks. Given the more dangerous and ever-evolving digital threat landscape, it is critical that security and fraud teams can rapidly identify and block “bad” bots before they can steal data, commit fraud, or harm the business.

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