According to recent reports, more than half of the Internet’s total traffic comes from ‘bots’ – automated scripts and programs that run unattended, 24/7. The majority of bots are malicious in nature, designed to seek out and exploit weaknesses in Internet-connected systems. Hostile bot traffic can clog up ports and interfaces, place unwanted loads on devices, and can eventually lead to infection and compromise of your critical infrastructure.

To help combat this ever-present threat, Datacate has rolled out its Blacklist Subscription Service (BSS), available to current and future Datacate clients everywhere via BGP. Datacate’s BSS aggregates multiple automated and curated blacklists into one service with 15 discreet communities that are logically organized. BSS customers can subscribe to any single community or combination of communities, or take the entire community list according to their preferences.