Protectd: Evolving Vercel’s always-on denial-of-service mitigations
Vercel launches Protectd, a real-time security engine that reduces denial-of-service mitigation times by over tenfold across all deployments.
Securing web applications is core to the Vercel platform. It’s built into every request, every deployment, every layer of our infrastructure. Our always-on Denial-of-Service (DoS) mitigations have long run by default—silently blocking attacks before they ever reach your applications. Last year, we made those always-on mitigations visible with the release of the , which allows you to inspect traffic, apply custom rules, and understand how the platform defends your deployments.Vercel Firewall Now, we’re introducing , our next-generation real-time security engine.
Running across all deployments, Protectd reduces mitigation times for novel DoS attacks by , delivering faster, more adaptive protection against emerging threats.Protectdover tenfold Let's take a closer look at how Protectd extends the Vercel Firewall by continuously mapping complex relationships between traffic attributes, analyzing, and learning from patterns to predict and block attacks. Read more