How Peakhour's Application Security Platform Works

Peakhour operates as an intelligent security layer between your applications and users. Our global edge network provides real-time threat detection, API protection, and performance optimisation to secure modern applications at scale.

Application Security at the Edge

Peakhour's Application Security Platform integrates seamlessly with your infrastructure to provide comprehensive protection for web applications, APIs, and digital services.

Traditional Application Architecture

Without an Application Security Platform, requests flow directly from users to your applications. This exposes your infrastructure to DDoS attacks, bot traffic, credential stuffing, API abuse, and other security threats. Your servers must handle all traffic processing, authentication validation, and threat detection.

Peakhour Application Security Platform

With Peakhour, our intelligent security platform intercepts all requests before they reach your applications. We provide comprehensive threat detection, API protection, account security, and performance optimisation. Only legitimate, verified traffic reaches your infrastructure.

Application architecture with Peakhour security platform

Global Edge Security Network

Peakhour deploys security processing across our global edge network. Each location provides real-time threat detection, API protection, and intelligent traffic filtering. This distributed architecture ensures low-latency security decisions and protection against large-scale attacks.

Multi-Layer Security Processing

Every request passes through our comprehensive security pipeline, designed for modern application protection.

Intelligent Security Pipeline

When we process a request, our Application Security Platform provides:

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TLS Encryption & Protocol Security - Advanced TLS/SSL with modern cipher suites and HSTS enforcement
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Threat Detection & Bot Management - AI-powered bot detection with behavioural analysis and residential proxy identification
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Application Firewall & API Protection - Next-generation WAF with API security and OWASP Top 10 protection
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Account Protection & Authentication Security - Breached credential detection and adaptive authentication support
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Rate Limiting & DDoS Protection - Intelligent rate limiting with contextual analysis and automatic scaling
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Content Delivery & Performance Optimisation - Global CDN with edge caching, dynamic content caching, and automatic image transformation

Application security processing pipeline

Global CDN & Performance Optimisation

Peakhour's integrated CDN and optimisation engine delivers exceptional performance alongside comprehensive security protection.

Global Edge Caching

Intelligent caching across our global network reduces latency and improves user experience worldwide.

Image Transformation

Automatic WebP/AVIF conversion, resizing, and compression optimised for each device and browser.

Dynamic Content Caching

Intelligent caching of personalised and dynamic content while maintaining security and freshness.

Content Optimisation

Automatic minification, compression, and modern format delivery for CSS, JavaScript, and HTML.

Enterprise CDN & Content Delivery

Peakhour's integrated CDN provides comprehensive content delivery and optimisation capabilities:

🌍 Global Edge Network

Anycast routing - Automatic routing to the closest edge location
Multi-tier caching - Optimised cache hierarchy for maximum performance
Origin shield - Reduces origin load and improves cache hit ratios
Failover protection - Automatic failover to healthy edge locations

🖼️ Advanced Image Processing

Format conversion - Automatic WebP, AVIF, and JPEG XL delivery
Device optimisation - Responsive images sized for each device
Quality adjustment - Intelligent compression based on content analysis
Real-time processing - On-demand transformations with edge caching

⚡ Content Optimization Engine

Minification - Automatic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript compression
Brotli compression - Advanced compression for faster delivery
Resource bundling - Intelligent combining of CSS and JS files
Critical CSS extraction - Above-the-fold CSS optimisation

Advanced Security Capabilities

Peakhour provides enterprise-grade security features designed for modern application architectures and DevSecOps workflows.

Real-Time Threat Detection

AI-powered threat detection identifies sophisticated attacks including credential stuffing, API abuse, and advanced bot networks in real-time.

API Security & Protection

Comprehensive API protection including rate limiting, authentication validation, and data leak prevention for REST and GraphQL APIs.

DevSecOps Integration

Native integration with CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, and security automation workflows for DevSecOps teams.

Seamless Integration & Deployment

Peakhour's Application Security Platform integrates with your existing infrastructure without requiring changes to your applications. Support for:

DNS-based deployment - Simple DNS changes activate protection
API-first architecture - RESTful APIs for automation and integration
Multi-cloud compatibility - Works with AWS, Azure, GCP, and hybrid environments
Container & Kubernetes - Native support for containerised applications
CDN integration - Compatible with existing CDN configurations
Monitoring & observability - Rich metrics and alerting for security teams

Peakhour platform integration capabilities

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