Overview
Cayman Islands sites carry elevated CAPTCHA and TLS secondary barriers
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.5% |
| Antibot | 23.3% |
| CAPTCHA | 26.3% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.4% |
| TLS | 19.4% |
WAF leads at 94.5% across 939 Cayman Islands domains. Among secondary barriers, CAPTCHA (26.3%) and Antibot (23.3%) are the most prominent. TLS at 19.4% is also above the 17.7% global rate.
Barrier Landscape
JavaScript tops Cayman Islands's active secondary defences
| Value | |
|---|---|
| WAF | 94.5% |
| Antibot | 23.3% |
| CAPTCHA | 26.3% |
| JavaScript | 42.2% |
| Rate Limiting | 14.4% |
| TLS | 19.4% |
| Has robots.txt | 82.1% |
| Blocks AI crawlers | 14.5% |
WAF reaches 94.5%. JavaScript (42.2%), CAPTCHA (26.3%), and Antibot (23.3%) follow. TLS at 19.4% exceeds its global average. Rate Limiting at 14.4% is the lightest layer.
Most Cayman Islands sites carry at least two barriers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 0 barriers | 2.8% |
| 1 barrier | 27.7% |
| 2 barriers | 36.5% |
| 3 barriers | 19% |
| 4 barriers | 8.5% |
| 5 barriers | 4.9% |
| 6 barriers | 0.6% |
Two-barrier sites are the most common at 36.5%. Sites with no barriers at all are just 2.8%. Three or more barriers apply to 33.0% of domains.
Cayman Islands sites sit comfortably in the Easy access band
| Mean recommended tier | |
|---|---|
| All sites | 1.7 |
Browser-based median recommended tier is 2, placing fewer than half of Cayman Islands’ 939 domains at Tier 1. The mean of 1.66 confirms the bulk of sites remain at Tiers 1 and 2.
Most Cayman Islands sites are Simple or Easy to access
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| 1 - Simple | 49.1% |
| 2 - Easy | 38.4% |
| 3 - Moderate | 9.9% |
| 4 - Complex | 2.1% |
| 5 - Advanced | 0.4% |
Tier 1 covers 49.1% of sites and Tier 2 a further 38.4% — 87.5% combined. Tier 3 accounts for 9.9%. Tiers 4 and 5 together affect only 2.5% of domains.
robots.txt
AI crawlers top Cayman Islands's robots.txt bot categories
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| AI crawlers | 16.5% |
| SEO / search indexing | 12.1% |
| SEO audit tools | 14.9% |
| Commercial scrapers | 7.6% |
| Social / content scrapers | 6.5% |
| Archive / research crawlers | 3.7% |
| Monitoring / uptime bots | 0.5% |
AI crawlers appear in 16.5% of all Cayman Islands sites’ robot policies. SEO audit tools follow at 14.9% and SEO/search indexing at 12.1%. Commercial scrapers (7.6%) and social crawlers (6.5%) trail further behind.
Uniform rules are Cayman Islands's most common robots.txt posture
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Uniform per-agent rules (no path mixing) | 43.6% |
| Path-level mixed rules for same agent | 33.5% |
| Allow-only (no disallow rules) | 1.8% |
| Mixed AI posture (block some, allow others) | 2.4% |
| Blanket Disallow: / | 2.9% |
Uniform per-agent rules apply to 43.6% of all Cayman Islands sites, with path-level mixed rules a further 33.5%. Blanket Disallow: / covers 2.9% of sites. Mixed-AI posture accounts for 2.4%.
GPTBot faces the most Disallow rules in Cayman Islands's robots.txt
| Disallowed | Allowed (whitelisted) | |
|---|---|---|
| GPTBot | 12.2% | 2.1% |
| CCBot | 9.4% | 1.1% |
| ClaudeBot | 9.4% | 1.2% |
| Google-Extended | 9.5% | 1.7% |
| Bytespider | 7.5% | 0.4% |
| meta-externalagent | 3.3% | 0.2% |
| ChatGPT-User | 6.5% | 2.9% |
| PerplexityBot | 6.5% | 2.6% |
| Applebot-Extended | 5.6% | 0.5% |
| OAI-SearchBot | 4.7% | 2.6% |
| anthropic-ai | 5.3% | 1% |
GPTBot appears in Disallow rules on 12.2% of all Cayman Islands sites. Google-Extended (9.5%) and CCBot and ClaudeBot (9.4% each) follow. ChatGPT-User (2.9%) receives the most Allow rules.
Seven Cayman Islands sectors all name at least one bot to restrict
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Design | 100% |
| Entertainment | 100% |
| Medical Devices | 100% |
| Newspapers | 100% |
| Retail | 100% |
| Telecom | 100% |
| Textiles & Nonwovens | 100% |
| Accounting & Auditing | 90% |
| Advertising & Mktg | 90% |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% |
| Computer & Video Games | 90% |
| Construction | 90% |
| Consumer Electronics | 90% |
| Food & Beverages | 90% |
| General | 90% |
Design, Entertainment, Medical Devices, Newspapers, Retail, Telecom, and Textiles & Nonwovens all reach 100%. Eight further sectors sit at 90%, including Accounting, Advertising, Apparel, and Food & Beverages.
Cayman Islands's Telecom sector leads in explicitly allowing crawlers
| % of sites | |
|---|---|
| Telecom | 80% |
| Oil & Gas | 70% |
| Photography | 70% |
| Publishing | 70% |
| Retail | 70% |
| Science | 70% |
| Civil Engineering | 66.7% |
| Foreign Language | 66.7% |
| Plastics & Polymers | 66.7% |
| Biotech | 62.5% |
| Market Research | 62.5% |
| Airlines | 60% |
| Architecture | 60% |
| Design | 60% |
| Education | 60% |
Telecom tops the allowlist at 80% — eight in ten sites name at least one bot in an Allow rule. Oil & Gas, Photography, Publishing, Retail, and Science all follow at 70%.
Industry Patterns
Hospitality is Cayman Islands's most demanding sector for crawlers
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hospitality | 90% | 20% | 0% | 70% | 30% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Furniture | 100% | 50% | 0% | 30% | 0% | 60% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Real Estate | 90% | 30% | 30% | 60% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Computer Hardware | 90% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 3 |
| Jewellery & Luxury | 100% | 30% | 10% | 60% | 20% | 50% | 70% | 20% | Tier 3 |
| Retail | 100% | 10% | 0% | 70% | 10% | 10% | 100% | 50% | Tier 2 |
| Automotive | 80% | 20% | 10% | 20% | 30% | 40% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Sporting Goods | 80% | 0% | 10% | 20% | 20% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Transport & Logistics | 70% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 0% | 30% | 90% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Beauty & Cosmetics | 90% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Equipment & Supplies | 100% | 20% | 40% | 70% | 30% | 0% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Mail & Delivery | 70% | 20% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 30% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Adult | 100% | 30% | 30% | 80% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Apparel & Fashion | 90% | 0% | 20% | 50% | 10% | 40% | 90% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Human Resources | 100% | 60% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 20% | 80% | 0% | Tier 2 |
Hospitality leads with a median recommended tier of 3 and a mean of 2.70. Furniture and Real Estate (both median Tier 3) follow at means of 2.60. Computer Hardware and Retail share a mean of 2.50; Jewellery & Luxury sits just below.
Five Cayman Islands sectors share the most accessible floor tier
| WAF | Antibot | CAPTCHA | JavaScript | Rate Limit | TLS | robots.txt | Blocks AI | Tier | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | 100% | 20% | 10% | 30% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Museums | 100% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 10% | 20% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Music | 100% | 20% | 30% | 70% | 30% | 10% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Restaurants | 90% | 20% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 70% | 10% | Tier 2 |
| Wine & Spirits | 100% | 30% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Food & Beverages | 100% | 30% | 50% | 50% | 20% | 10% | 90% | 40% | Tier 2 |
| Consumer Electronics | 80% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 20% | 40% | 90% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Insurance | 100% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 0% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Maritime | 100% | 40% | 20% | 60% | 10% | 30% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Science | 100% | 30% | 10% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 80% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Design | 100% | 30% | 40% | 40% | 30% | 40% | 100% | 30% | Tier 2 |
| Gambling | 100% | 70% | 30% | 70% | 20% | 20% | 60% | 0% | Tier 2 |
| Reference | 80% | 60% | 10% | 40% | 20% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Telecom | 100% | 10% | 10% | 70% | 0% | 20% | 100% | 20% | Tier 2 |
| Travel & Tourism | 100% | 20% | 10% | 60% | 30% | 10% | 70% | 20% | Tier 2 |
Design, Gambling, Reference, Telecom, and Travel & Tourism all share a mean recommended tier of 1.80 — the floor for Cayman Islands’ most accessible sector cluster. Food & Beverages (1.95) sits just above.