Imunify360's Proactive Defense and traditional firewalls both protect websites and servers, but they work in different ways. Here’s a simple breakdown of their differences:

1. How They Detect Threats

• Imunify360 Proactive Defense: Use smart technology like machine learning to watch what scripts do in real-time. This helps it find new threats, even those that haven’t been seen before, and block harmful actions immediately.
• Traditional Firewalls: Depend on known patterns or signatures to identify threats. They can miss new attacks because they only react to threats they already recognize.

2. How They Respond to Attacks

• Imunify360 Proactive Defense: Has different ways to respond:

Disabled: No protection is active.
Log Only: It records suspicious activities but doesn’t take action.
Kill Mode: It stops any harmful scripts right away and logs the event, preventing damage before it happens.

• Traditional Firewalls: Usually react only after an attack has been detected. This can lead to delays in stopping threats, which might cause damage or data loss.

3. Ease of Use

• Imunify360 Proactive Defense: Comes with a user-friendly dashboard that makes it easy for anyone to manage security, even if they aren't tech-savvy. Many processes are automated, so users don’t have to do everything manually.
• Traditional Firewalls often require more complicated setups and ongoing management. Users must configure rules and monitor logs themselves, which can be challenging.​

4. Levels of Protection

• Imunify360 Proactive Defense is part of a more extensive security system that includes features like WAF, malware detection, and patch management. This multiple-level approach assists in safeguarding against multiple types of threats simultaneously.
• Traditional Firewalls: Traditional firewalls are more concerned with traffic control based on IP addresses and ports. They lack extra features that protect these firewalls from handling complex threats.

In short, Imunify360's Proactive Defense is a smarter way to keep websites safe compared to other traditional firewalls.​