Do I need a backend to use Monocle?
No. You can use Monocle to gain visibility into traffic intelligence via the Monocle UI without acting on it. With a supported integration like Cloudflare, traffic can be enforced directly from the UI based on policy configuration. A backend is only required if you want to decrypt assessments or apply custom enforcement logic.
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If Spur identifies a provider such as NetNut, does that mean the traffic originated directly from that provider's customer?
Not necessarily. Proxy ecosystems often involve resellers, downstream providers, SDK operators, and shared infrastructure. A provider label identifies infrastructure associated with the traffic but should not be treated as attribution of a specific end user without additional evidence and investigation.
What types of organizations use Spur?
Spur is used by security and threat hunting teams, fraud prevention teams, and trust and safety organizations in cybersecurity vendors, software companies, financial services companies, e-commerce platforms, law enforcement agencies, and organizations that need deeper insight into IP-based activity.
What products does Spur offer?
Spur delivers IP intelligence as bulk daily downloads, through API integration into existing security pipelines, and via real-time session enrichment.
Do you have a confidence score or last seen date?
Spur operates on a "high confidence" only model to reduce the likelihood of false positives ever making it into our data. Our mentality is that our customers should trust us to decide if something is true rather than providing an arbitrary score to constantly adjust higher or lower. Every API request or Monocle session provides the latest true information for that moment in time. On-prem solutions are updated at their purchased cadence (daily or real-time). We actively purge any result that is no longer true and maintain smart age-offs to maintain the most accurate snapshot of data each day.
How frequently is Spur data updated?
The Context API reflects new intelligence in real time as it becomes available. Data feeds are updated daily, and organizations can also consume updates in real-time through streaming or feed-based workflows depending on operational requirements.