How to use AWS WAF Bot Control for Targeted Bots signals and mitigate evasive bots with adaptive user experience

The article discusses using AWS WAF Bot Control to detect and mitigate bot threats while maintaining a good user experience. The key strategies include:

• Using AWS WAF labels to pass bot activity signals to applications
• Combining labels to indicate bot confidence levels: low, medium, and high
• Implementing adaptive mitigation strategies based on bot confidence

Four key mitigation strategies are proposed:

• Low confidence: Withhold valuable data for unauthenticated users
• Medium confidence: Require user authentication
• High confidence: Trigger alternative business processes like manual review
• Control user experiences based on traffic volumes using rate-based rules

The goal is to balance bot threat prevention with maintaining a smooth experience for legitimate users by using adaptive authentication and traffic management techniques.