SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 22, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- GoDaddy Inc
(NYSE: GDDY), the world's largest cloud platform dedicated to
small, independent ventures, today announced it has entered into an
agreement to purchase Sucuri, a leading provider of website
security products and services. Financial details of the
transaction were not disclosed.
Sucuri is a security platform offering business owners a suite
of security tools designed to protect website owners from emerging
online threats. Nearly 75 percent of all legitimate websites have
unpatched vulnerabilities1, and websites that have been
blacklisted due to a hack can experience an 80 percent reduction in
traffic for more than 48 hours2. Sucuri's suite of tools
provide website owners the solution they require to respond to
hacks when they occur, while also virtually patching
vulnerabilities.
Sucuri is deeply involved in the WordPress community. The
company provides an industry-leading security plug-in for the
WordPress platform, and actively works to advance the security
awareness and management of WordPress websites.
"The vast majority of our customers aren't website security
experts, nor should they need to be to secure their websites," said
Kevin Doerr, Senior Vice President
and General Manager of Security, GoDaddy. "Combining Sucuri with
GoDaddy's scale will advance digital security for our customers by
making it effortless, timely and affordable. We'll continue to
invest in Sucuri and jointly develop products that propel security
solutions forward."
Known for its research and analysis, Sucuri is a thought leader
in the security industry. The Sucuri team is comprised of
developers, analysts and researchers all focused on different parts
of security attacks. This approach has enabled it to develop a
system that provides a seamless flow of information between
internal teams and the greater online community. This process has
been key to Sucuri's product evolution and its ability to stay
ahead of emerging threats. Like GoDaddy, Sucuri provides its
customers with always-on customer service, 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
"Since our inception we have always had a single goal of
protecting our customers' websites. We achieve this with two very
simple approaches: build things that deliver value and that stay
ahead of emerging threats," said Sucuri Founder Daniel Cid. "We now have the opportunity to take
this same philosophy from a few hundred thousand sites to millions
of sites. From our conversations with GoDaddy it became clear that
we share the same customer-first philosophy and commitment to
helping customers be secure online."
"Sucuri is going to continue to deliver great products and
services to our customers as we always have," said Sucuri CEO
Tony Perez. "Passion for customers
and dedication to innovation is why there's such a strong cultural
fit between the two companies. We can't wait to get started with
GoDaddy and help customers around the world."
Sucuri offerings include:
- Virtual patching and hardening technology via Website
Application Firewall (WAF) and Intrusion Prevention System
(IPS)
- Performance optimization and traffic management via a Content
Distribution Network (CDN)
- Security plugins for the WordPress platform
- A cloud-based backup service to ensure business continuity in
the event of disasters
- Real-time mitigation of DDoS attacks
- Continuous monitoring of Indicators of Compromise (IoC)
- Professional incident response when a website has been
compromised or blacklisted
Sucuri will continue its normal operations of business.
GoDaddy and Sucuri plan to deliver new security products in the
near future.
To learn more about Sucuri, visit: https://sucuri.net/
For more information about GoDaddy, visit www.GoDaddy.com.
About GoDaddy
GoDaddy powers the world's largest cloud
platform dedicated to small, independent ventures. With more than
14.5 million customers worldwide and more than 63 million domain
names under management, GoDaddy is the place people come to name
their idea, build a professional website, attract customers and
manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools,
insights and the people to transform their ideas and personal
initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit
www.GoDaddy.com.
Source: GoDaddy Inc.
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1 Symantec Internet Security Threat Report, 2016
2 Securi
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