DDoS Protection Solutions: ERT Case Studies

PenTeleData deployed AMS to replace a legacy DDoS mitigation tool and to offer its own customers a DDoS solution. Founded in 1994, PenTeleData is a strategic partnership of cable and telephone companies, including Service Electric Cable TV and Communications, Service Electric Broadband Cable, Service Electric Cablevision, Ironton Telephone, and Blue Ridge Communications.

July 30, 2017

CSEA is a government-owned body which operates in the electric, gas and water sectors. Due to the critical nature of these services and the role the administration plays in regulating the Italian energy sector, CSEA must ensure 100% uptime of its customer-facing applications and networks during all operational scenarios, evening in the face of a cyber-attack.

June 29, 2017

Perhaps more than any other industry, security professionals at financial service firms truly are on the frontlines of today’s cyberattacks, combating everything from ransomware to SSL-based attacks. In this piece, a senior network architect at an EMEA-based international banking group shares his notable experiences protecting his organization’s network perimeter from cyber security threats.

March 5, 2017

The history of IT and IT security is full of an evolving series of products designed to keep a company secure. Far more recent is the understanding that detection is insufficient; preparation and remediation just as important. In other words, it's not just about avoiding injury, but also stopping the bleeding ASAP. This paper outlines and underscores the importance of moving beyond a piecemeal approach to cyber security both in terms of technology and people.

March 3, 2016

One of the world’s largest airlines loses revenue when cyber-attacking bots act as faux buyers, thereby locking up seats and preventing it from distinguishing between the good bots that help it prosper in e-commerce and the malicious ones that force flights to takeoff only partially full. What technology did the airline rely on to distinguish the good guys from the bad?

January 31, 2016

The encrypted email service provider was the target of a ransom attack by the hacktivist group, The Armada Collective. Hoping to stop the attacks, ProtonMail paid the ransom, only to the target of additional, more sophisticated attacks combining application and network vectors.

January 25, 2016

The Chicago-based firm, Server Central, routinely identifies network and distributed denial of service attacks, which occur as frequently as every few days and range from small protocol floods to full-blown DDoS attack campaigns designed to extort money. After the victim pays up, the attacker promises to stop the DDoS attack.

October 21, 2015

In 2014, Boston Children's Hospital became the first health care organization to be targeted by a hacktivist group. Because the hospital uses the same Internet Service Provider (ISP) as seven other area health care institutions, the organized DDoS attacks had the potential to bring down multiple pieces of Boston's critical health care infrastructure.

October 20, 2015