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How Cloudflare is Powering Handelsblatt Media Group’s Digital Transformation

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG), a leading media house for business and financial information in Germany, was facing significant challenges with online attacks from hostile actors. These attacks were causing major issues, including overwhelming HMG's origin server multiple times over several weeks, rendering the site inaccessible. This was eroding the trust of their readers and causing erratic website reliability. With no signs of the attacks abating, HMG needed to find a solution that could not only mitigate these hostile attacks but also provide benefits to performance, reliability, operational efficiency, and cost. Read More
About Customer	The Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG) is the leading media house for business and financial information in Germany. The Düsseldorf-based media group was founded in 1946 and stands for well-founded, independent quality journalism. With its decision-maker media properties including Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche, HMG reaches more than two million readers. HMG also serves large businesses through a variety of subsidiaries, offering marketing expertise, a corporate content agency, and more. As a marquee media property, HMG regularly faces concerted online attacks from hostile actors. Read More
Solution	HMG’s Digital Products & Development team evaluated a variety of cloud platforms and decided that Cloudflare was the clear choice. After a swift migration from a legacy cloud vendor, HMG enabled Cloudflare’s web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS protection to thwart hostile actors, and its reliability issues immediately ceased. Cloudflare’s firewall is continuously and automatically updated against the latest threats, using insights from attacks on any one property to better protect them all. HMG also leveraged Cloudflare’s deep API support, which enabled them to programmatically configure a wide array of Cloudflare products and features. This ability to define its infrastructure with code has empowered HMG to reduce dependencies, better leverage automation, and transition to a continuous deployment process that markedly accelerates its development pipeline. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG), a leading media house for business and financial information in Germany, was facing significant challenges with online attacks from hostile actors. These attacks were causing major issues, including overwhelming HMG's origin server multiple times over several weeks, rendering the site inaccessible. This was eroding the trust of their readers and causing erratic website reliability. With no signs of the attacks abating, HMG needed to find a solution that could not only mitigate these hostile attacks but also provide benefits to performance, reliability, operational efficiency, and cost.

About Customer

The Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG) is the leading media house for business and financial information in Germany. The Düsseldorf-based media group was founded in 1946 and stands for well-founded, independent quality journalism. With its decision-maker media properties including Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche, HMG reaches more than two million readers. HMG also serves large businesses through a variety of subsidiaries, offering marketing expertise, a corporate content agency, and more. As a marquee media property, HMG regularly faces concerted online attacks from hostile actors.

Solution

HMG’s Digital Products & Development team evaluated a variety of cloud platforms and decided that Cloudflare was the clear choice. After a swift migration from a legacy cloud vendor, HMG enabled Cloudflare’s web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS protection to thwart hostile actors, and its reliability issues immediately ceased. Cloudflare’s firewall is continuously and automatically updated against the latest threats, using insights from attacks on any one property to better protect them all. HMG also leveraged Cloudflare’s deep API support, which enabled them to programmatically configure a wide array of Cloudflare products and features. This ability to define its infrastructure with code has empowered HMG to reduce dependencies, better leverage automation, and transition to a continuous deployment process that markedly accelerates its development pipeline.

Impact #1	HMG's reliability issues immediately ceased after implementing Cloudflare's WAF and DDoS protection.
Impact #2	HMG was able to focus on other priorities, like accelerating performance and finding ways to unlock more productivity from its team.
Impact #3	HMG was able to reduce dependencies, better leverage automation, and transition to a continuous deployment process that markedly accelerates its development pipeline.

Impact #1

HMG's reliability issues immediately ceased after implementing Cloudflare's WAF and DDoS protection.

Impact #2

HMG was able to focus on other priorities, like accelerating performance and finding ways to unlock more productivity from its team.

Impact #3

HMG was able to reduce dependencies, better leverage automation, and transition to a continuous deployment process that markedly accelerates its development pipeline.

Benefit #1	Zero downtime during migration from a legacy cloud vendor to Cloudflare.

Benefit #1

Zero downtime during migration from a legacy cloud vendor to Cloudflare.

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