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Security

Web Application Firewall: Why Default Rules Aren't Enough for Fintech

A WAF running on default rules is better than no WAF. I’ll say that upfront, because what follows isn’t an argument for ripping …

Security

DDoS Protection for Travel Platforms: Lessons from Peak Booking Season

Travel platforms have a DDoS problem that most other industries don’t. Attacks aren’t more frequent than elsewhere (though they …

Security

API Security in Ecommerce: What CTOs Get Wrong

Most ecommerce CTOs we talk to have a reasonable handle on their frontend security posture. WAF in place, DDoS protection sorted, bot …

Performance

How Page Latency Kills Ecommerce Revenue in 2026 (And How to Fix It)

Speed is not a feature. It is revenue. That framing still surprises some CTOs when we use it in a first meeting. Performance has …

Security

How Bot Attacks Drain Fintech Revenue — And How to Stop Them

Bots now account for nearly half of all internet traffic. But not all bots are created equal — and the ones targeting your fintech platform …

Security

Why most microsegmentation projects stall — and how to avoid it

Microsegmentation has a reputation as one of the highest-leverage controls a modern security team can deploy — and also as one of the most …

Security

Bot management isn't a checkbox — it's a tuning practice

Bot management is one of those product categories where the marketing makes it sound like a turnkey product. Buy the platform, flip it on, …

Performance

The CDN math that actually matters for e-commerce

When we audit a CDN deployment for an e-commerce client, we don’t start with the dashboard the vendor provides. We start with four …

Company

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Eknix

The best kind of holiday is one where nothing goes down — and we hope yours is exactly that: quiet, warm, and uninterrupted. Thank you for a …

Performance

How CDN node mapping actually works

There’s an interview question that used to be a rite of passage in backend engineering: “Walk me through everything that happens …

Business

Why CDN Vendors Hide Their Prices (And What to Do About It)

You’ve spent hours comparing solutions. One site finally looks right. You want to know what it costs. And instead of a number, you get …

Security

CDN to Origin Certificates: Your Own CA with OpenSSL

There’s a common assumption that because a CDN handles the TLS connection your users see — the certificate shown in the …

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