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Quizlet receives performance and security benefits, while saving over 50% on their Google Cloud bill by using Cloudflare

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Education
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services Cybersecurity Services
Challenge	Quizlet, a popular online learning service in the United States, was facing challenges with DDoS attacks on their site, preventing students from accessing study material. As the site grew in popularity, it became a more visible target for bad actors. Furthermore, Quizlet was serving traffic out of a single region in the US, which was limiting its ability to quickly serve content to a global student base. In order to make its learning tools readily available to the world, Quizlet needed a way to both protect its website from the increase in DDoS attacks, while simultaneously distributing its content internationally with high performance. Read More
About Customer	Quizlet is an online learning service that provides study tools for students and teachers. With more than 20 million monthly visitors, Quizlet has achieved success by enabling students to create and share study materials across any subject. The platform is the most popular online learning service in the United States, with a top 50 website and iOS and Android apps consistently ranked in the top 10 educational apps in their respective stores. Read More
Solution	Quizlet found a solution to their problem that was easy, affordable, and effective. They enrolled in Cloudflare’s CDN, DNS, WAF, and DDoS mitigation services and immediately noticed a dramatic improvement. The security features were excellent, the CDN was high performing, and using a single solution was very convenient. It simplified everything and allowed Quizlet to focus on their core business. Cloudflare helped to quickly and securely serve content around the world. Quizlet saw dramatically increased performance for their international students because of Cloudflare’s global caching. Furthermore, Quizlet sees security benefits that simultaneously protect its site and further increase its performance. This is possible because Quizlet’s site now sits behind Cloudflare’s network, which means malicious traffic is diverted away from hitting Quizlet’s origin server by Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS attacks are mitigated through Cloudflare’s advanced web security. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Education

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Cybersecurity Services

Challenge

Quizlet, a popular online learning service in the United States, was facing challenges with DDoS attacks on their site, preventing students from accessing study material. As the site grew in popularity, it became a more visible target for bad actors. Furthermore, Quizlet was serving traffic out of a single region in the US, which was limiting its ability to quickly serve content to a global student base. In order to make its learning tools readily available to the world, Quizlet needed a way to both protect its website from the increase in DDoS attacks, while simultaneously distributing its content internationally with high performance.

About Customer

Quizlet is an online learning service that provides study tools for students and teachers. With more than 20 million monthly visitors, Quizlet has achieved success by enabling students to create and share study materials across any subject. The platform is the most popular online learning service in the United States, with a top 50 website and iOS and Android apps consistently ranked in the top 10 educational apps in their respective stores.

Solution

Quizlet found a solution to their problem that was easy, affordable, and effective. They enrolled in Cloudflare’s CDN, DNS, WAF, and DDoS mitigation services and immediately noticed a dramatic improvement. The security features were excellent, the CDN was high performing, and using a single solution was very convenient. It simplified everything and allowed Quizlet to focus on their core business. Cloudflare helped to quickly and securely serve content around the world. Quizlet saw dramatically increased performance for their international students because of Cloudflare’s global caching. Furthermore, Quizlet sees security benefits that simultaneously protect its site and further increase its performance. This is possible because Quizlet’s site now sits behind Cloudflare’s network, which means malicious traffic is diverted away from hitting Quizlet’s origin server by Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS attacks are mitigated through Cloudflare’s advanced web security.

Impact #1	Quizlet saw a dramatic improvement in performance and security after enrolling in Cloudflare’s services.
Impact #2	Cloudflare helped to quickly and securely serve content around the world, resulting in dramatically increased performance for Quizlet’s international students.
Impact #3	Quizlet’s site now sits behind Cloudflare’s network, which means malicious traffic is diverted away from hitting Quizlet’s origin server by Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS attacks are mitigated through Cloudflare’s advanced web security.

Impact #1

Quizlet saw a dramatic improvement in performance and security after enrolling in Cloudflare’s services.

Impact #2

Cloudflare helped to quickly and securely serve content around the world, resulting in dramatically increased performance for Quizlet’s international students.

Impact #3

Quizlet’s site now sits behind Cloudflare’s network, which means malicious traffic is diverted away from hitting Quizlet’s origin server by Cloudflare’s Web Application Firewall (WAF), and DDoS attacks are mitigated through Cloudflare’s advanced web security.

Benefit #1	Saving 50% on monthly Google Cloud Network Egress Bill
Benefit #2	76% reduction (or over 10 Tb) of daily bandwidth use

Benefit #1

Saving 50% on monthly Google Cloud Network Egress Bill

Benefit #2

76% reduction (or over 10 Tb) of daily bandwidth use

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Quizlet receives performance and security benefits, while saving over 50% on their Google Cloud bill by using Cloudflare

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