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Aruba Increases Market Share and Improves Brand Perception with Uninterrupted Service Availability

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Europe

Country

Italy

Product

DefensePro

Tech Stack

DDoS mitigation
SSL-based protection

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Customer Satisfaction
Brand Awareness

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Industries

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cybersecurity Services

About The Customer

Aruba S.p.A., founded in 1994, is the leader in web hosting, email, and domain name registration in Italy. The company serves over two million customers and specializes in a wide range of services including cloud computing, hosting, certified email, digital signatures, dedicated servers, CNS, CMS, remote digital signature, and more. After 20 years of service in the industry, Aruba S.p.A is ranked among the top 5 European and top 10 global hosting companies.

The Challenge

Aruba, a leading web hosting, email, and domain name registration company in Italy, was facing a significant challenge with the rise of DDoS attacks. The evolution of cyber-attacks in recent years had changed the info-security threat landscape, and Aruba's existing defenses were no longer sufficient. The company needed a solution that could not only mitigate DDoS attacks but also guarantee service availability for its two million customers and subscribers. The ideal solution would react immediately, with no false positive events, in cases of attacks blocking millions of packets per seconds of malicious traffic. It would also need to fit within the existing network topology and provide a scalable approach according to capacity planning constraints.

The Solution

Aruba chose Radware’s DefensePro to provide DDoS mitigation and SSL-based protection. This solution fully protects applications and networks against known and emerging threats. Aruba’s SOC team is responsible for attack detection and classification. After deep analysis of an event, DDoS attacks are diverted through Radware’s scrubbing center to be cleaned. The solution immediately filters the diverted traffic, allowing only legitimate traffic to pass. It ensures complete control by providing immediate mitigation against attacks and eradicating any impact on service availability. It provides a scalable and flexible solution as it is based on the maximum attack mitigation capacity needed, without being limited by the actual network physical topology.

Operational Impact

With DefensePro deployed, Aruba can now detect and mitigate attacks without blocking legitimate traffic.
It has improved the accuracy of traffic filtering, increased the time to protection and provided high volume attack mitigation capacity.
Radware’s team provided steadfast technical support throughout the entire sales process.
The Emergency Response Team (ERT) worked closely with Aruba’s SOC team to provide security incident management and support throughout all phases of the attack, as well as analysis to improve future security sessions.

Quantitative Benefit

After the deployment, the number of service complaints drastically decreased.
These developments have led to improved brand perception and increase in market share for Aruba.