Liquid Web Turns to Corero for More Comprehensive Protection Against DDoS Attacks
October 05 2016 - 7:00AM
Business Wire
Corero Network Security enables leading web
hosting firm, Liquid Web, to safeguard its customers from DDoS
attacks
Liquid Web Inc., a $100 million web hosting and cloud services
provider devoted to delighting customers, has deployed Corero
Network Security’s SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) to
protect 100Gbps of Internet bandwidth with automatic DDoS
mitigation across the multiple Liquid Web datacenters.
The in-line deployment of the SmartWall TDS monitors Internet
traffic headed toward the Liquid Web network, identifies DDoS
activity, and mitigates the attacks in real-time, before they can
affect end-users on Liquid Web’s network. This allows all
legitimate user traffic to continue to flow as intended.
Prior to implementing the Corero solution, Liquid Web had
experienced several large volumetric attacks that were creating
collateral damage in its network environment. With the Corero
SmartWall TDS in-line deployment model, the company is very pleased
with the real-time mitigation, resulting in dramatic improvement of
service availability. In terms of metrics, the most critical
improvement was a reduction in the number of outage minutes that
were associated with large volumetric attacks.
Another benefit of the Corero solution is that Liquid Web IT
security staff have more time to focus on other key aspects of
customer-related security issues, such as virus and malware-related
events. Before the Corero deployment, the 24x7 network operations
team at Liquid Web needed more staff due to the time spent
processing many DDoS security incidents.
“Like all hosting providers and data centers today, Liquid Web
has been targeted by DDoS attacks that can negatively affect our
core business,” said Liquid Web’s CTO, Joe Oesterling. “Protecting
the security of our network and delivering peace of mind to our
customers is a critical focus for Liquid Web. It’s one of the
reasons we have such an admired brand and earned loyalty from our
customers. Investing in the Corero SmartWall solution enables us to
deliver on that security promise by significantly reducing the
impact of DDoS attacks, while lessening the need for human
intervention, which allows us to focus on other technology
initiatives."
In the process of researching a DDoS protection solution, the
Liquid Web team investigated many options and, after a lengthy
evaluation process, opted for what is fast becoming a common
approach: a multi-layered DDoS mitigation strategy. The approach
involved keeping the company’s existing solution, which had been
traditionally used for detection and only reactive mitigation, and
augmenting it with the SmartWall TDS.
“Corero is pleased to protect the Liquid Web network from the
threat of DDoS attacks,” said Dave Larson, COO and CTO, Corero
Network Security. “Our anti-DDoS appliances are effective because
they monitor and mitigate DDoS threats automatically, inline and in
real time, and they act as a black box, requiring little or no
intervention from any security or operations personnel.”
Other hosting providers and data centers rely on Corero’s
award-winning technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to their
environment through automatic attack detection and mitigation,
coupled with complete network visibility, analytics and reporting.
Earlier this year, with high marks in overall security,
performance, and total cost of ownership, Corero’s SmartWall TDS
received the “Recommended” rating in the NSS Labs DDoS prevention
System Security Value Map.
About Corero Network SecurityCorero Network Security is
the leader in real-time, high-performance DDoS defense solutions.
Service providers, hosting providers and online enterprises rely on
Corero’s award winning technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to
their environment through automatic attack detection and
mitigation, coupled with complete network visibility, analytics and
reporting. This next-generation technology provides a First Line of
Defense® against DDoS attacks in the most complex environments
while enabling a more cost effective economic model than previously
available. For more information, visit www.corero.com.
About Liquid Web Inc.Liquid Web is a $100 million web
hosting and cloud services provider devoted to delighting
customers. Liquid Web delivers reliable, highly-available, secure
and hassle-free hosting fueled by our Heroic Support®. The company
empowers its employees to go above and beyond to make life easier
for professionals who create the content and commerce on the
ever-changing web – so they can focus on the work they love.
Liquid Web offers a broad portfolio designed so customers can
choose their own adventure whether it is hands-on or hands-off or a
hybrid of the two. The company owns and manages its own data
centers providing a diverse range of offerings spanning from bare
metal servers to managed WordPress and continues to evolve its
service offerings to meet the ever-changing needs of its
customers.
With over 30,000 customers spanning 150 countries, the company
has assembled a world-class team, global data centers and an expert
group of 24/7/365 solution engineers. As an industry leader in
customer service* the rapidly expanding company has been recognized
among INC Magazine’s 5000 Fastest Growing Companies for the last
ten years. Liquid Web is part of the Madison Dearborn Partners
family of companies. Madison Dearborn Partners, LLC (“MDP”) is a
leading private equity investment firm based in Chicago. For more
information, please visit www.liquidweb.com, follow us on Twitter
@LiquidWeb, or read our blog posts at
http://www.liquidweb.com/blog.
*Q2 Net Promoter Score of 74
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