Introduction

Core Features

1. Traffic Verification:
   
   • SafeAPI monitors incoming traffic in real-time.
   • It validates the legitimacy of requests using advanced algorithms, behavioral analysis, and predefined rules.
   • Verification criteria include:
     • IP reputation checks
     • Rate limiting
     • Geolocation filtering
     • Device fingerprinting
     • User behavior analytics
       

2. Traffic Blocking:

   • Automatically blocks malicious or suspicious traffic before it reaches your backend systems.
   • Uses dynamic rules to adapt to emerging threats like DDoS attacks, bot traffic, and SQL injection attempts.
   • Provides both manual and automated blocking mechanisms for flexibility.

3. Customizable Rules Engine:

   • Allows users to define custom rules tailored to their application needs.
   • Rules can be based on IP addresses, HTTP headers, request paths, payload content, or other parameters.

4. Real-Time Decision Making:

   • Implements low-latency decision-making processes to ensure seamless integration with high-traffic applications.
   • Employs machine learning models to detect anomalies and unknown threats.

5. Comprehensive Logging and Analytics:

   • Logs all incoming requests and blocked traffic for auditing and analysis.
   • Integrates with analytics platforms for real-time dashboards and traffic visualization.

6. Integration-Friendly:

   • Easy to integrate with web applications, mobile applications, IoT devices, and APIs.
   • Supports multiple programming languages and frameworks through client SDKs.

7. High Availability and Scalability:

   • Built on cloud-native infrastructure to handle millions of requests per second.
   • Ensures 99.99% uptime with global failover mechanisms.

8. Security and Compliance:

   • Adheres to major security standards like OWASP, GDPR, and ISO 27001.
   • Implements robust authentication and encryption protocols.

Typical Use Cases

1. Protection Against DDoS Attacks:

   • SafeAPI detects and mitigates Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks in real time, ensuring the availability of your application.

2. Bot Traffic Management:

   • Identifies and blocks bots that scrape content, perform credential stuffing, or inflate traffic metrics.

3. Fraud Prevention:

   • Monitors e-commerce transactions, login attempts, and sensitive API calls to prevent fraud.

4. Access Control:

   • Enforces geolocation-based restrictions and ensures only authorized users access certain resources.

5. API Security:

   • Secures APIs from exploitation by validating request payloads, headers, and origin points.

6. Content Filtering:

   • Ensures compliance by filtering inappropriate or malicious content in user-generated data.

Workflow Example

1. Incoming Request:
   • A request is sent to the application or API.
2. Verification:
   • SafeAPI evaluates the request based on preconfigured and adaptive rules.
3. Decision:
   • If the request passes verification, it’s forwarded to the backend application.
   • If it fails, the request is blocked, and an appropriate response (e.g., 403 Forbidden) is returned.
4. Logging and Analytics:
   • Details of the request and the verification result are logged for further analysis.
     

Implementation and Integration

SafeAPI provides RESTful endpoints with a well-documented API specification (e.g., OpenAPI/Swagger). Developers can easily integrate it into their systems by following these steps:

1. Configure Rules: Define custom traffic policies through a management dashboard or API.
2. Integrate SDKs: Use client SDKs or middleware to connect applications to SafeAPI.
3. Monitor Traffic: Access real-time dashboards for insights into blocked and allowed traffic.
4. Optimize Policies: Continuously refine rules based on analytics and feedback.

Benefits

• Enhanced Security: Provides robust protection against a wide range of threats.
• Improved Performance: Offloads malicious traffic early, ensuring optimal application performance.
• Reduced Costs: Minimizes infrastructure costs by preventing unnecessary resource consumption from malicious requests.
• Ease of Use: Simplifies traffic management with intuitive interfaces and automation.