Corero Case Studies Los Angeles Dedicated Finds ‘Peace of Mind’ in Dealing with DDoS Attacks, with the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System

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	Los Angeles Dedicated Finds ‘Peace of Mind’ in Dealing with DDoS Attacks, with the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System Corero

Los Angeles Dedicated Finds ‘Peace of Mind’ in Dealing with DDoS Attacks, with the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	Los Angeles Dedicated (LAD) is a cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider with a significant portion of its business involving providing dedicated servers and infrastructure to gaming clients. These gaming companies are prime targets for DDoS attacks, and LAD is concerned about its network being impacted by the rapid escalation of the DDoS attack landscape. Even one significant DDoS attack could cut off network connectivity to all of LAD’s customers, causing unacceptable collateral damage. LAD had experienced some attacks that it was not able to fend off using homegrown means, resulting in service outages that cost them a few customer contracts. The company’s president and CEO, Robby Hicks, initiated a search for a dedicated DDoS solution that could protect LA Dedicated’s systems and all of the company’s customers while under duress from attacks. Read More
About Customer	Los Angeles Dedicated (LAD) is a provider of dedicated and cloud server hosting based in Los Angeles, California. The company supplies enterprise-grade dedicated servers to resellers, virtual private server (VPS) and shared hosts, cloud hosts, gamers, and other clients that conduct their business online. A significant portion of LAD’s business involves providing dedicated servers and infrastructure to gaming clients. LAD caters to the dynamic needs of the hosting industry, aiming to deliver a level of service that keeps their clients' businesses online 24x7. The company had experienced some attacks that it was not able to fend off using homegrown means, resulting in service outages that cost them a few customer contracts. Read More
Solution	LAD chose the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) with SecureWatch® Analytics. The SmartWall Network Threat Defense System is an intelligent, purpose-built DDoS protection appliance that inspects traffic, detects threats, and blocks attacks in real time. It’s optimized for the needs of hosting providers and is deployed at the network edge, to protect their business, and that of their customers. SmartWall TDS is capable of mitigating a wide range of DDoS attacks while maintaining full service connectivity and availability to avoid degrading the delivery of legitimate traffic. LAD capitalized on the benefits of the Corero SecureWatch® Analytics to take advantage of the alerting capabilities so that Hicks gets notified via email when attacks are occurring. This process provides LA Dedicated with another stream of revenue while still offering a high level of DDoS protection to the companies that need it most. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

Los Angeles Dedicated (LAD) is a cloud and Infrastructure-as-a-Service provider with a significant portion of its business involving providing dedicated servers and infrastructure to gaming clients. These gaming companies are prime targets for DDoS attacks, and LAD is concerned about its network being impacted by the rapid escalation of the DDoS attack landscape. Even one significant DDoS attack could cut off network connectivity to all of LAD’s customers, causing unacceptable collateral damage. LAD had experienced some attacks that it was not able to fend off using homegrown means, resulting in service outages that cost them a few customer contracts. The company’s president and CEO, Robby Hicks, initiated a search for a dedicated DDoS solution that could protect LA Dedicated’s systems and all of the company’s customers while under duress from attacks.

About Customer

Los Angeles Dedicated (LAD) is a provider of dedicated and cloud server hosting based in Los Angeles, California. The company supplies enterprise-grade dedicated servers to resellers, virtual private server (VPS) and shared hosts, cloud hosts, gamers, and other clients that conduct their business online. A significant portion of LAD’s business involves providing dedicated servers and infrastructure to gaming clients. LAD caters to the dynamic needs of the hosting industry, aiming to deliver a level of service that keeps their clients' businesses online 24x7. The company had experienced some attacks that it was not able to fend off using homegrown means, resulting in service outages that cost them a few customer contracts.

Solution

LAD chose the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) with SecureWatch® Analytics. The SmartWall Network Threat Defense System is an intelligent, purpose-built DDoS protection appliance that inspects traffic, detects threats, and blocks attacks in real time. It’s optimized for the needs of hosting providers and is deployed at the network edge, to protect their business, and that of their customers. SmartWall TDS is capable of mitigating a wide range of DDoS attacks while maintaining full service connectivity and availability to avoid degrading the delivery of legitimate traffic. LAD capitalized on the benefits of the Corero SecureWatch® Analytics to take advantage of the alerting capabilities so that Hicks gets notified via email when attacks are occurring. This process provides LA Dedicated with another stream of revenue while still offering a high level of DDoS protection to the companies that need it most.

Impact #1	Attacks effectively blocked automatically
Impact #2	Complete visibility into attack traffic
Impact #3	Eliminated downtime due to attacks

Impact #1

Attacks effectively blocked automatically

Impact #2

Complete visibility into attack traffic

Impact #3

Eliminated downtime due to attacks

Benefit #1	Despite significant, disruptive daily DDoS attacks, LA Dedicated has not been offline due to a DDoS attack since installing Corero SmartWall TDS

Benefit #1

Despite significant, disruptive daily DDoS attacks, LA Dedicated has not been offline due to a DDoS attack since installing Corero SmartWall TDS

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Los Angeles Dedicated Finds ‘Peace of Mind’ in Dealing with DDoS Attacks, with the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System

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