Taking It to the Edge: Two DDoS Mitigation Options; One Secure Solution

During a merger, the American telecommunications company faced a challenge of choosing between an edge DDoS defense or a centralized DDoS defense. Prior to the merger, the two companies had deployed two different DDoS attack mitigation strategies. Telco B had deployed a centralized scrubbing model which offered a large amount of mitigation capacity in a couple of locations, and the attacks were managed at the scrubbing centers. However, the disadvantage was that attack traffic had to be transported all the way across their network to get to a scrubbing center before being dropped, introducing additional latency and risk to transport links. On the other hand, Telco A had deployed an Edge-based strategy where attack traffic was removed immediately from the network at the internet edge offering the best overall protection for the network. The disadvantage was that the timeline of the project increased as mitigation devices were deployed in more physical locations.

The customer is an American telecommunications company that recently completed the acquisition of another telco. Prior to the merger, the two companies had deployed two different DDoS attack mitigation strategies. Now, as a unified entity, the customer knew they needed to implement one strategy across the board. Two senior executives who had each led one of the opposing strategies approached the Account Manager and asked, “Which strategy is better?” The company always has their customers top of mind; and with this upgrade, they are providing an even better experience with more reliability, predictability, and even faster access.