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Biometrics Based Detection

Biometrics Based Detection

By checking the client events such as mouse movement, keyboard, screen touch, and scroll, etc in specified period, FortiAppSec Cloud judges whether the request comes from a human or from a bot.

Configure Biometrics Based Detection Settings
  1. Go to Bot Mitigation> Biometrics Based Detection.
    You must have already enabled this module in Add Modules. See Add and Remove Modules.
  2. Configure these settings.
    Monitor Client Events

    Select at least one client event according to your need.

    • Mouse Movement
    • Click
    • Keyboard
    • Screen Touch
    • Scroll
    Event Collection PeriodSpecify the time period that the events will be collected from the client.
    Bot Effective TimeFor the identified bot, choose the time period before FortiAppSec Cloud tests and verifies the bot again.
  3. Click +Create Rule.
  4. For URL, enter the literal URL, such as /index.php, or a regular expression, such as ^/*.php that the HTTP request must contain in order to match the rule. Multiple URLs are supported.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the action that FortiAppSec Cloud takes when it detects a violation of the rule from the top right corner.

    Alert

    Accept the request and generate a log message.

    Alert & Deny

    Block the request (or reset the connection) and generate a log message.

    Deny(no log)

    Block the request (or reset the connection).

  7. Click SAVE.
Configure Exception Policy

Exclude specific parameters or URLs from bot mitigation scans. This is useful when certain elements are known to trigger false positives during normal operations.

For more details, please refer to Exception Policy.

Biometrics Based Detection

Biometrics Based Detection

By checking the client events such as mouse movement, keyboard, screen touch, and scroll, etc in specified period, FortiAppSec Cloud judges whether the request comes from a human or from a bot.

Configure Biometrics Based Detection Settings
  1. Go to Bot Mitigation> Biometrics Based Detection.
    You must have already enabled this module in Add Modules. See Add and Remove Modules.
  2. Configure these settings.
    Monitor Client Events

    Select at least one client event according to your need.

    • Mouse Movement
    • Click
    • Keyboard
    • Screen Touch
    • Scroll
    Event Collection PeriodSpecify the time period that the events will be collected from the client.
    Bot Effective TimeFor the identified bot, choose the time period before FortiAppSec Cloud tests and verifies the bot again.
  3. Click +Create Rule.
  4. For URL, enter the literal URL, such as /index.php, or a regular expression, such as ^/*.php that the HTTP request must contain in order to match the rule. Multiple URLs are supported.
  5. Click OK.
  6. Select the action that FortiAppSec Cloud takes when it detects a violation of the rule from the top right corner.

    Alert

    Accept the request and generate a log message.

    Alert & Deny

    Block the request (or reset the connection) and generate a log message.

    Deny(no log)

    Block the request (or reset the connection).

  7. Click SAVE.
Configure Exception Policy

Exclude specific parameters or URLs from bot mitigation scans. This is useful when certain elements are known to trigger false positives during normal operations.

For more details, please refer to Exception Policy.