Armadillo: The AI Security Layer Protecting Every Keevala Link
Short links are a favorite weapon for malware and phishing. Armadillo is Keevala’s AI security layer — threat detection, trust scoring, and safe browsing that protects every link on the platform.
Why link security is everyone’s problem
A short link hides its destination. That is exactly why attackers love them: a phishing link behind a friendly shortener looks like a normal URL. One compromised link shared inside your company can become the opening move of an attack — and one malicious link from a spammed domain can get an entire shortening service flagged by browsers and email filters.
For marketers this is existential: if a link platform gets a bad reputation, every legitimate customer on it pays the price in flagged emails and blocked redirects.
What Armadillo does
Armadillo is Keevala’s AI-powered security layer, and it runs on every link on the platform. It scans destinations for threats, computes a trust score for traffic from behavioral signals, monitors for suspicious patterns, and detects fraud in real time. Every significant security event is logged to the security_events ledger, giving admins a complete record of what was detected and what was done about it.
Zero-trust by design
Armadillo treats every operation as untrusted until verified. Protected link operations carry security fragments — verification tokens checked on both sides of the request, so a hijacked session or script cannot silently perform sensitive actions. It is the same zero-trust philosophy big enterprises use, applied to every link on the platform, not just the enterprise tier.
What it means for you as a marketer
Your links stay safe to click, which keeps your emails out of spam and your brand out of warning pages. Your visitors stay protected, which is the kind of thing people remember. And your data stays clean, because bot traffic and fraud are identified before they pollute your reports.
Armadillo and the Growth Suite
Armadillo is the engine; the Growth Suite is the dashboard. Sentinel shows you the click-fraud side of the fight, the Trust Center displays the threat counter to your customers, and the admin security events view gives you the raw ledger. One security layer, visible at every level.
Frequently asked questions
Is Armadillo available on the free plan?
Yes. Armadillo’s AI scanning and threat detection protect every link on Keevala — free, Pro, and Enterprise alike.
Does security scanning slow down my redirects?
No. Threat analysis runs in the background on link data. Redirects stay fast for visitors.
What is a trust score?
A score computed from behavioral signals — how traffic looks, where it comes from, and how it behaves — used to detect bots and fraud before they reach your analytics.
Where can I see security events?
Security events are logged to the security_events ledger and visible in the admin security dashboard, with the Sentinel view for click fraud specifically.
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