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Research and buyer guides

Security content built for decisions, not noise.

Forty source-backed drafts for security buyers evaluating managed WAF, DDoS, bot protection, fraud intelligence and Ilmexus managed defence.

Managed WAF / WAAP

8 guides

Commercial investigation7 min

Managed WAF Services: What Security Buyers Should Expect

Managed WAF Services: What Security Buyers Should Expect. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on buying managed WAF services for a multi-platform estate.

managed WAF servicesmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

Cloudflare WAF Management: A Practical Buyer's Guide

Cloudflare WAF Management: A Practical Buyer's Guide. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on operating Cloudflare WAF without assuming official partner status.

Cloudflare WAF managementmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

Akamai, Cloudflare And Imperva WAF: How To Think About Managed Operations

Akamai, Cloudflare And Imperva WAF: How To Think About Managed Operations. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on running several WAF platforms with one operating model.

managed WAF operationsmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

AWS WAF Management: Managed Rules, Custom Rules And Tuning

AWS WAF Management: Managed Rules, Custom Rules And Tuning. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on getting value from AWS WAF rules without breaking traffic.

AWS WAF managementmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

Azure WAF And Google Cloud Armor: Where Cloud WAF Fits

Azure WAF And Google Cloud Armor: Where Cloud WAF Fits. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on where native cloud WAF controls fit beside edge platforms.

cloud WAFmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

WAF Tuning Without Blocking Real Customers

WAF Tuning Without Blocking Real Customers. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on reducing false positives while keeping web attacks under control.

WAF tuningmanaged WAAPweb application firewall
Commercial investigation7 min

WAF Audit Checklist For CISOs And Infrastructure Leaders

WAF Audit Checklist For CISOs And Infrastructure Leaders. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on reviewing WAF coverage, ownership and change control.

WAF audit checklistmanaged WAAPWAF tuning
Commercial investigation7 min

How To Choose A Managed WAF Provider

How To Choose A Managed WAF Provider. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on selecting a provider based on operations rather than logos.

managed WAF providermanaged WAAPWAF tuning
DDoS, Bots and Fraud

8 guides

Commercial investigation7 min

DDoS Readiness Checklist For Online Businesses

DDoS Readiness Checklist For Online Businesses. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on preparing people, platforms and communications before an attack.

DDoS readiness checklistDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Layer 3, Layer 4 And Layer 7 DDoS: What Buyers Need To Know

Layer 3, Layer 4 And Layer 7 DDoS: What Buyers Need To Know. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on understanding DDoS layers as a buyer.

Layer 7 DDoSDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Bot Protection Beyond CAPTCHA

Bot Protection Beyond CAPTCHA. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on moving beyond user friction to behavioural controls.

bot protectionDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Credential Stuffing Defence: Signals, Controls And Response

Credential Stuffing Defence: Signals, Controls And Response. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on detecting and responding to automated login abuse.

credential stuffing defenceDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Carding Attacks: How Fraud Pressure Shows Up In Traffic

Carding Attacks: How Fraud Pressure Shows Up In Traffic. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on spotting payment abuse in edge and application telemetry.

carding attacksDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

API Abuse Detection For Modern Web Apps

API Abuse Detection For Modern Web Apps. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on finding business-flow abuse in API traffic.

API abuse detectionDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Good Bots, Bad Bots And Scrapers: How To Tell The Difference

Good Bots, Bad Bots And Scrapers: How To Tell The Difference. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on classifying automation without blocking useful crawlers.

bad botsDDoS mitigationbot management
Commercial investigation7 min

Rate Limiting Strategy Without Breaking Conversions

Rate Limiting Strategy Without Breaking Conversions. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on using rate limits as a controlled business defence.

rate limiting strategyDDoS mitigationbot management
Threat Intelligence

8 guides

Commercial investigation7 min

What Makes An IP Address High Risk?

What Makes An IP Address High Risk?. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on scoring IP risk using context instead of static lists.

high risk IP addressthreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

How To Use OSINT Threat Feeds Without Drowning In False Positives

How To Use OSINT Threat Feeds Without Drowning In False Positives. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on using open-source feeds safely in a business control loop.

OSINT threat feedsthreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

Payload Intelligence: Why Attack Strings Matter

Payload Intelligence: Why Attack Strings Matter. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on turning suspicious strings into useful defence signals.

payload intelligencethreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

ASN Reputation And Why It Matters For Bot Defence

ASN Reputation And Why It Matters For Bot Defence. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on using network ownership as one signal in bot defence.

ASN reputationthreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

False Positives In Threat Intelligence: How To Control The Damage

False Positives In Threat Intelligence: How To Control The Damage. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on reducing operational damage from noisy intel.

threat intelligence false positivesthreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

Threat Intelligence Lifecycle For Managed Defence

Threat Intelligence Lifecycle For Managed Defence. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on moving from collection to reviewable action.

threat intelligence lifecyclethreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

Fraud Intelligence Signals Security Teams Should Track

Fraud Intelligence Signals Security Teams Should Track. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on tracking fraud pressure through web and edge signals.

fraud intelligencethreat feedsIP reputation
Commercial investigation7 min

Using Enrichment To Make Better WAF Decisions

Using Enrichment To Make Better WAF Decisions. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on joining reputation, payload and behaviour before action.

WAF enrichmentthreat feedsIP reputation
Managed Defence / SOC

8 guides

Commercial investigation7 min

Emergency WAF Onboarding During An Active Attack

Emergency WAF Onboarding During An Active Attack. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on getting protection online during an active incident.

emergency WAF onboardingMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

Incident Response For Bot And Fraud Spikes

Incident Response For Bot And Fraud Spikes. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on responding when automation and fraud pressure rise together.

bot fraud incident responseMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

How To Triage WAF Alerts Without Alert Fatigue

How To Triage WAF Alerts Without Alert Fatigue. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on making WAF alerts useful for decision makers.

WAF alert triageMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

Reviewable Remediation: Why Human Control Still Matters

Reviewable Remediation: Why Human Control Still Matters. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on using automation without silent security changes.

reviewable remediationMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

Detection Rule Lifecycle: Author, Shadow, Promote, Review

Detection Rule Lifecycle: Author, Shadow, Promote, Review. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on controlling rules before they affect traffic.

detection rule lifecycleMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

MDR vs MSSP vs Managed WAF: What Is The Difference?

MDR vs MSSP vs Managed WAF: What Is The Difference?. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on choosing the right operating model for web defence.

MDR vs MSSP vs managed WAFMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

Why Security Telemetry Alone Is Not Enough

Why Security Telemetry Alone Is Not Enough. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on turning logs and alerts into decisions.

security telemetryMSSPmanaged detection and response
Commercial investigation7 min

What Good Managed Defence Reporting Looks Like

What Good Managed Defence Reporting Looks Like. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on showing risk, change and action in a buyer-ready report.

managed defence reportingMSSPmanaged detection and response
Open, Tools and Academy

8 guides

Informational7 min

Expelliarmus: Game-Based Cybersecurity Learning For Defenders

Expelliarmus: Game-Based Cybersecurity Learning For Defenders. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on using a game to teach web defence judgement.

cybersecurity learning gamesecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

Why Security Games Improve Analyst Judgement

Why Security Games Improve Analyst Judgement. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on training judgement through safe, repeatable scenarios.

security gamessecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

How To Build Safe Public Security Scanners

How To Build Safe Public Security Scanners. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on building useful public tools without enabling abuse.

public security scannerssecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

Security Headers Scanner: What Should Be Checked?

Security Headers Scanner: What Should Be Checked?. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on checking headers that reduce browser-side risk.

security headers scannersecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

Email Security Checks: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS And BIMI

Email Security Checks: SPF, DKIM, DMARC, MTA-STS And BIMI. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on checking mail authentication and transport policy.

email security checkssecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

Detection Rules Overview For Web Security Teams

Detection Rules Overview For Web Security Teams. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on explaining rule anatomy, confidence and verdicts.

detection rules overviewsecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

Open Detections For Web Attacks: What To Publish And What To Hold Back

Open Detections For Web Attacks: What To Publish And What To Hold Back. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on publishing useful detections without handing attackers a bypass map.

open detectionssecurity toolscybersecurity education
Informational7 min

llms.txt For Cybersecurity Companies: Making Security Content AI-Readable

llms.txt For Cybersecurity Companies: Making Security Content AI-Readable. A practical Ilmexus guide for security buyers on making trustworthy security content easier for AI systems to understand.

llms.txt cybersecuritysecurity toolscybersecurity education