Bot Security Market Size, Share, and COVID-19 Impact Analysis, By Security Type (Web Security, Mobile Security, and API Security), By Deployment (Cloud and On-premise), By Enterprise Type (Small and Medium Enterprises and Large Enterprises), By Vertical (IT and Telecommunication, Retail and E-commerce, Healthcare, BFSI, Travel, and Others), Regional Forecast, 2024-2032

Bots, also known as web bots, crawlers, Internet robots, or spiders, are software applications used to derive repetitive tasks with the support of the internet. There are two kinds of bots, good bots and bad bots. Good bots perform helpful or supportive tasks for the firm's website visitors, whereas bad bots are built to damage a company's data with malware attacks.

Bot security is used to protect bots from malicious events such as card scams, identification leaks, click fraud, unapproved access, Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, data mugging, web scraping, and Account Takeover (ATO), among others. It provides services and solutions that help to identify and prevent firms from possible malware attacks and keep them protected. Several key players in the market are collaborating for advanced solutions, and thus improving user experience. For instance,   

• In November 2022, DataDom joined the Amazon Web Services (AWS) ISV Accelerate program to enhance the adoption of advanced bot protection. DataDome's incorporation with AWS protects against bot attacks such as card cracking, web scraping, account takeover, DDoS, and many others.

COVID-19 Impact on the Bot Security Market:

Widespread COVID-19 has affected several industries, resulting in an economic slowdown. Various industries and enterprises have shifted to virtual mode and remote working with increasing cases and government restrictions. With the online shift, several organizations and enterprises are leading the charge in deploying bots to provide COVID-19 guidelines. Even various governments launched chatbots to provide COVID-19 guidelines to their citizens.

Similarly, cybercriminals are changing their online behavior in radical ways. This has implications for the precise detection of automated traffic and thereby, for the safety of online businesses globally. Hence, organizations and firms worldwide are looking forward to technologies such as intelligent automation and Robotic Process Automation (RPA) with rising coronavirus. Thus, it helps organizations mitigate disruptions, advance public health, maintain global supply chains, and keep governments afloat. For instance,

• In March 2020, Automation Anywhere launched Bot Security, which claimed to be the industry's first security application for securing bot software to continue the business. The multi-functioning application helps to certify bots developed by publishers, customers, and partners on the bot store.

Thus, with the increased reliance of people and enterprises on the internet, the rate of cyberattacks, botnets, data mugging, and others has also increased. Thus, there is rising demand for bot security applications.

Key Insights: 

The report will cover the following key insights:

• Micro & macroeconomic indicators


• Drivers, restraints, trends, and opportunities          


• Business strategies adopted by the players


• Impact of COVID-19 on the bot security market

Analysis by Deployment:

There are two types of deployment in bot security software, cloud and on-premise. On-premise bot security solutions, such as signal sciences, BitNinja, and others, offer API security, advanced WAF, RASP, Bot Protection, and DDoS purpose-built to minimize security challenges. Various on-premise security measures include firewalls, VPNs, and antivirus software, among others.

Cloud-based bot security systems such as Software as a Service and others hold the maximum share in the market due to minimized operational costs, better scalability for connected resources, simplified distributed process, and data safety. Thus, it helps enterprises and organizations to implement Big Data projects flexibly and eventually fuels the market growth. 

Indusface App Trana, Cloudflare Bot Manager, DataDome, and Reblaze Bot Management are some of the prominent cloud-based bot security systems in the market.

Regional Analysis:

The bot security market is geographically classified into five regions, North America, the Middle East and Africa, South America, Asia Pacific, and Europe.

North America is estimated to hold the highest bot security market share. The region's market expansion is anticipated to be driven by the early adoption of bot management while present companies are providing bot security applications. Bot security solutions avoid cyber-attacks on online businesses, enable data protection, and offer data privacy to ensure enterprise sustainability.

The presence of key players, such as Imperva, Inc., Limelight Networks, Inc., Akamai Technologies, Inc., and Cloudflare, Inc., among others, are also driving the market growth in the region.

The distribution of the bot security market by region is as follows:

• North America – 30%


• South America – 15%


• Europe – 20%


• Middle East and Africa – 10%


• Asia-Pacific – 25%

Key Players:

The report includes key players such as DataDome, Reblaze Technologies, Automation Anywhere, F5 Networks, Sophos Group PLC, Citrix Systems, Inc., Imperva, Inc., Alibaba Cloud (Alibaba Group Holdings Limited), Akamai Technologies, Inc., Limelight Networks, Inc., PerimeterX, and others.

Segmentation:

Key Industry Developments: 

• In July 2022, DataDome launched the advancement of bot management, a user-friendly, privacy-compliant, secure CAPTCHA. The advanced system is fully compliant with regional data privacy guidelines across the world. DataDome's CAPTCHA is entirely incorporated into providing protection, detection engine, and an improved user experience.


• In July 2022, Kasada announced it to be an Amazon CloudFront partner. It is part of the Amazon Web Services Ready Program. The announcement also validates the firm's awarded anti-bot system, seamlessly incorporating precise solutions such as Amazon CloudFront.


• In June 2022, F5 introduced F5 Distributed Cloud Services enhancements to help users protect and deliver a digital transformation in day-to-day life. F5 Distributed Cloud Services offers a SaaS-based platform-driven method to protect the vital components of linked experiences with comprehensive mobile app, web, and API protections.