GuideStar GuideStar Stabilizes Website Availability by Blocking Bad Bots www.distilnetworks.com sales@distilnetworks.com 1.866.423.0606 2 BOT BUSTER Shane T. Ward, Data Architect, GuideStar COMPANY GuideStar INDUSTRY Nonprofit Directory CHALLENGES • Web scraping bots were causing downtime on GuideStar.org • Existing Skyfence security appliance wasn’t working • IT was spending 20 hours a month parsing through log files to fight bots • Developers were frustrated and losing sleep DEPLOYMENT Distil Cloud CDN RESULTS • Website stabilized and met 99.7% uptime service guarantee • Bad bots are blocked while good traffic gets through unhindered • Saved 20 hours a month parsing logs and fighting bots • More visibility brings peace of mind and business agility “Disti

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