@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ sidebarType : 1
1919
2020## Overview
2121
22+ ``` text
23+ Module Name: HUMAN Security Rtd provider
24+ Module Type: Rtd Provider
25+ Maintainer: alexey@humansecurity.com
26+ ```
27+
28+ ### What is it?
29+
2230The HUMAN Security RTD submodule offers publishers a mechanism to integrate pre-bid signal collection
2331for the purpose of providing real-time protection against all sorts of invalid traffic,
2432such as bot-generated ad interactions or sophisticated ad fraud schemes.
@@ -34,12 +42,10 @@ sent within bid requests, and used for bot detection on the backend.
3442* No incremental signals collected beyond existing HUMAN post-bid solution
3543* Offsets negative impact from loss of granularity in IP and User Agent at bid time
3644* Does not expose collected IVT signal to any party who doesn’t otherwise already have access to the same signal collected post-bid
37- * Does not introduce meaningful latency, as demonstrated in the Latency section
45+ * Does not introduce meaningful latency
3846* Comes at no additional cost to collect IVT signal and make it available at bid time
3947* Leveraged to differentiate the invalid bid requests at device level, and cannot be used to identify a user or a device, thus preserving privacy.
4048
41- {% include dev-docs/loads-external-javascript.md %}
42-
4349## Build
4450
4551First, make sure to add the HUMAN Security submodule to your Prebid.js package with:
@@ -69,8 +75,8 @@ pbjs.setConfig({
6975});
7076```
7177
72- It can be optionally parameterized, for example, to include client ID obtained from HUMAN,
73- should any advanced reporting be needed , or to have verbose output for troubleshooting:
78+ Other parameters can also be provided. For example, a client ID obtained from HUMAN can
79+ optionally be provided , or verbose output can be enabled for troubleshooting purposes :
7480
7581``` javascript
7682pbjs .setConfig ({
@@ -88,11 +94,11 @@ pbjs.setConfig({
8894
8995### Supported parameters
9096
91- {: .table .table-bordered .table-striped }
92- | Name | Type | Description | Required |
93- | :--------------- | :------------ | :------------------------------------------------------------------ | :--------- |
94- | ` clientId ` | String | Should you need advanced reporting, contact [ prebid@humansecurity.com ] ( prebid@humansecurity.com ) to receive client ID . | No |
95- | ` verbose ` | Boolean | Only set to ` true ` if troubleshooting issues . | No |
97+ | Name | Type | Description | Required |
98+ | ---- | ---- | ----------- | -------- |
99+ | ` clientId ` | String | Should you need advanced reporting, contact [ prebid@humansecurity.com ] ( prebid@humansecurity.com ) to receive client ID. | No |
100+ | ` verbose ` | Boolean | Only set to ` true ` if troubleshooting issues . | No |
101+ | ` perBidderOptOut ` | string [ ] | Pass any bidder alias to opt-out from per-bidder signal generation . | No |
96102
97103### Logging, latency and troubleshooting
98104
@@ -103,9 +109,6 @@ of type `ERROR`. With `verbose` parameter set to `true`, it may additionally:
103109
104110* Call ` logWarning ` , resulting in ` auctionDebug ` events of type ` WARNING ` ,
105111* Call ` logInfo ` with latency information.
106- * To observe these messages in console, Prebid.js must be run in
107- [ debug mode] ( /dev-docs/publisher-api-reference/setConfig.html#debugging ) -
108- either by adding ` ?pbjs_debug=true ` to your page's URL, or by configuring with ` pbjs.setConfig({ debug: true }); `
109112
110113Example output of the latency information:
111114
@@ -153,6 +156,7 @@ There are a few points that are worth being mentioned separately, to avoid confu
153156 the ever-evolving nature of the threat landscape without the publishers having to rebuild their Prebid.js frequently.
154157 * The signal collection script is also obfuscated, as a defense-in-depth measure in order to complicate tampering by
155158 bad actors, as are all similar scripts in the industry, which is something that cannot be accommodated by Prebid.js itself.
159+ * The collected signals are encrypted before they are passed to bid adapters and can only be interpreted by HUMAN backend systems.
156160
157161### Why is this approach an innovation?
158162
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213217
214218### FAQ
215219
220+ #### Is partnership with HUMAN required to use the submodule?
221+
222+ No. Using this submodule does not require any prior communication with HUMAN or being a client of HUMAN.
223+ It is free and usage of the submodule doesn’t automatically make a Publisher HUMAN client.
224+
216225#### Is latency an issue?
217226
218227The HUMAN Security RTD submodule is designed to minimize any latency in the auction within normal SLAs.
219-
220228#### Do publishers get any insight into how the measurement is judged?
221229
222230Having the The HUMAN Security RTD submodule be part of the prebid process will allow the publisher to have insight
@@ -225,12 +233,9 @@ inventory to the buyer.
225233
226234#### How are privacy concerns addressed?
227235
228- The HUMAN Security RTD submodule seeks to reduce the impacts from signal deprecation that are inevitable without
229- compromising privacy by avoiding re-identification. Each bid request is enriched with just enough signal
230- to identify if the traffic is invalid or not.
231-
232- By having the The HUMAN Security RTD submodule operate at the Prebid level, data can be controlled
233- and not as freely passed through the bidstream where it may be accessible to various unknown parties.
236+ The HUMAN Security RTD submodule seeks to reduce the impacts of signal deprecation without compromising privacy.
237+ Each bid request is enriched with just enough signal to identify if the traffic is invalid or not, and these
238+ signals are encrypted before being included in bid requests to prevent misuse.
234239
235240Note: anti-fraud use cases typically have carve outs in laws and regulations to permit data collection
236241essential for effective fraud mitigation, but this does not constitute legal advice and you should
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