If you’ve ever watched your website get pummeled by traffic from overseas bots, you know the helpless feeling that comes with it. For many publishers, an unexpected surge in requests isn’t growth… It’s an attack. At Martech Zone, we recently faced this firsthand: a relentless wave of traffic from Singapore and China that hit our servers at nearly 100 times normal volume.
I’m not an InfoSec professional, so the experience was nerve-wracking. What finally turned the tide was Bunny Shield, Bunny.net’s new integrated security solution. Within minutes of enabling it, the attack was neutralized—without any drop in performance or legitimate user access.
Bunny Shield simplifies web protection so you can focus on your business, not on fighting fires. Built on Bunny.net’s global 200 Tbps+ network and 119 scrubbing centers, it unifies multiple layers of protection, including WAF, DDoS mitigation, bot detection, and rate limiting, into a single, easy-to-manage platform.
Bunny Shield brings enterprise-grade security to businesses of all sizes, with no credit card required and setup complete in just two minutes.
Why Businesses Need Bunny Shield
Modern websites face constant threats from brute-force bots to sophisticated Layer 7 DDoS attacks that mimic legitimate traffic. Even small publishers like me can become collateral damage in global attack waves. Bunny Shield provides the same kind of protection used by major enterprises, but without the complexity, cost, or latency penalties.
When Martech Zone was under siege, the difference was immediate. Bunny Shield’s AI-driven filtering saw through the noise, dropping malicious requests at the edge before they ever reached the origin. The site stayed fast, stable, and visible to real visitors.
Key Features of Bunny Shield
Here’s what sets Bunny Shield apart from other protection solutions:
- AI-Powered WAF: Blocks zero-day exploits, OWASP Top 10 threats, and evolving vulnerabilities automatically, backed by machine learning insights and real-time logs.
- Bot Mitigation: Detects and blocks malicious bots using behavioral fingerprinting while allowing legitimate crawlers and users through—no CAPTCHAs required.
- Brute-Force Protection: Safeguards APIs, login pages, and forms from credential stuffing and repeated access attempts, preserving bandwidth and protecting accounts.
- DDoS Protection: With over 200 Tbps of network capacity, Bunny Shield can absorb and neutralize even the most sophisticated volumetric and application-layer attacks.
- Exploit and Injection Protection: Guards against SQL injections, XSS, and other injection attempts with real-time, zero-day detection and auto-mitigation.
- Global Rate Limiting: Stops abusive patterns at scale by setting per-IP, user, or endpoint thresholds across the entire infrastructure.
- HTTP Flood Protection: Identifies stealth Layer 7 attacks that hide within normal-looking requests using adaptive threat modeling and AI analysis.
- Instant Attack Mitigation: Enables near-instant blocking of malicious activity through Bunny’s distributed edge network and scrubbing centers.
- Real-Time Threat Logging: Provides instant visibility into attack vectors, sources, and trends, so teams can respond intelligently.
- 24/7/365 Support: Bunny’s global Super Bunnies team responds in an average of 7 minutes, solving most issues within 3 hours.
Every feature is designed for simplicity and scalability—no complex configuration or steep learning curve. Whether you’re running a global SaaS platform or a WordPress publication, Bunny Shield integrates seamlessly into your existing Bunny CDN setup.
How Bunny Shield Works
Bunny Shield acts as a full-stack edge security layer between the open internet and your origin servers. When a visitor or attacker requests your content, traffic first hits Bunny’s global network. AI systems and behavioral analysis instantly evaluate every request. Legitimate users pass through without delay, while suspicious traffic is filtered, throttled, or dropped.
Because all filtering happens at the edge, your origin stays shielded, your bandwidth preserved, and your uptime protected—even under massive load. The entire setup can be completed in minutes from the Bunny.net dashboard.
The Bottom Line
When your business depends on uptime, performance, and trust, you can’t afford to leave security to chance. Bunny Shield gives you peace of mind with a single toggle. Bunny Shield delivers enterprise-grade protection that works.
Martech Zone continues to rely on Bunny not just for blazing-fast global content delivery, but now for the confidence that comes with being shielded from bad actors, bots, and brute-force attacks.
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