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Datadog: Enhancing Security and Performance with Signal Sciences

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Technology Category	Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application Cybersecurity & Privacy - Application Security
Applicable Industries	Glass National Security & Defense
Applicable Functions	Maintenance
Use Cases	Tamper Detection Traffic Monitoring
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Datadog, a monitoring and security platform service for cloud applications, faced a significant challenge as it continued to grow. The company's homegrown application security tools were not scalable enough to support its rapidly expanding customer base. The organization needed to adopt a Web Application Firewall (WAF), but it had specific requirements. The WAF needed to provide flexibility in modern cloud architectures, support rapid code changes and deployments in a CI/CD pipeline without extensive tuning, and not consume unnecessary resources across security, SRE, and development teams. The challenge was finding a solution that could meet these requirements while keeping up with the pace of Datadog's growth. Read More
About Customer	Datadog is a leading monitoring and security platform service for cloud applications. Founded in 2010, the company has rapidly scaled to serve its global customers by embracing the value of modern engineering and architecture practices. Thousands of customers rely on Datadog to see metrics and events from software across their DevOps stack, such as cloud and security monitoring, alerts, logs, and more. As a leader in the DevOps space, Datadog champions cloud-native applications built with the latest tools and best practices. The company pushes code dozens of times per day to meet customer needs. Read More
Solution	Datadog found its solution in Signal Sciences, the only vendor that could keep up with their pace while filling their gaps. Signal Sciences offered flexible deployment options that allowed Datadog to quickly and easily install their patented technology exactly where they needed it. This solution was particularly beneficial for Datadog as it allowed them to continue delivering on their value proposition of providing a single pane of glass for all app monitoring needs. Signal Sciences protected Datadog by immediately filtering and blocking attacks without extensive or ongoing rules tuning. This gave Datadog's security team the breathing room they needed to focus on high-priority tasks and projects. Furthermore, Signal Sciences had no performance impact on the application or the organization. After deploying Signal Sciences, Datadog reported zero performance issues across the board. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Event-Driven Application

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Application Security

Applicable Industries

Glass

National Security & Defense

Applicable Functions

Maintenance

Use Cases

Tamper Detection

Traffic Monitoring

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Datadog, a monitoring and security platform service for cloud applications, faced a significant challenge as it continued to grow. The company's homegrown application security tools were not scalable enough to support its rapidly expanding customer base. The organization needed to adopt a Web Application Firewall (WAF), but it had specific requirements. The WAF needed to provide flexibility in modern cloud architectures, support rapid code changes and deployments in a CI/CD pipeline without extensive tuning, and not consume unnecessary resources across security, SRE, and development teams. The challenge was finding a solution that could meet these requirements while keeping up with the pace of Datadog's growth.

About Customer

Datadog is a leading monitoring and security platform service for cloud applications. Founded in 2010, the company has rapidly scaled to serve its global customers by embracing the value of modern engineering and architecture practices. Thousands of customers rely on Datadog to see metrics and events from software across their DevOps stack, such as cloud and security monitoring, alerts, logs, and more. As a leader in the DevOps space, Datadog champions cloud-native applications built with the latest tools and best practices. The company pushes code dozens of times per day to meet customer needs.

Solution

Datadog found its solution in Signal Sciences, the only vendor that could keep up with their pace while filling their gaps. Signal Sciences offered flexible deployment options that allowed Datadog to quickly and easily install their patented technology exactly where they needed it. This solution was particularly beneficial for Datadog as it allowed them to continue delivering on their value proposition of providing a single pane of glass for all app monitoring needs. Signal Sciences protected Datadog by immediately filtering and blocking attacks without extensive or ongoing rules tuning. This gave Datadog's security team the breathing room they needed to focus on high-priority tasks and projects. Furthermore, Signal Sciences had no performance impact on the application or the organization. After deploying Signal Sciences, Datadog reported zero performance issues across the board.

Impact #1	The deployment of Signal Sciences' solution had a significant positive impact on Datadog's operations. The solution did not block legitimate users from accessing the site, slow applications, or use up DevOps resources to triage emergencies, which are common complaints about legacy WAFs. This meant that Datadog could maintain its high level of service without any disruption. Furthermore, the security team was able to focus on high-priority tasks and projects, rather than constantly tuning and maintaining the WAF. This has resulted in a more efficient and effective security operation.

Impact #1

The deployment of Signal Sciences' solution had a significant positive impact on Datadog's operations. The solution did not block legitimate users from accessing the site, slow applications, or use up DevOps resources to triage emergencies, which are common complaints about legacy WAFs. This meant that Datadog could maintain its high level of service without any disruption. Furthermore, the security team was able to focus on high-priority tasks and projects, rather than constantly tuning and maintaining the WAF. This has resulted in a more efficient and effective security operation.

Benefit #1	Zero performance issues reported after deploying Signal Sciences
Benefit #2	No false positive issues reported, resulting in zero negative impact on legitimate traffic
Benefit #3	Immediate filtering and blocking of attacks without extensive or ongoing rules tuning

Benefit #1

Zero performance issues reported after deploying Signal Sciences

Benefit #2

No false positive issues reported, resulting in zero negative impact on legitimate traffic

Benefit #3

Immediate filtering and blocking of attacks without extensive or ongoing rules tuning

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Datadog: Enhancing Security and Performance with Signal Sciences

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