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European Manufacturer Turns To Radware To Build A Custom Security Solution

Customer Company Size

Large Corporate

Region

Europe

Product

Radware’s DefensePro DDoS appliances
Radware’s Cloud DDoS Protection Service
Radware’s Cloud Web WAF Service

Tech Stack

Cloud-based DDoS protection
On-premise DDoS protection
Web Application Firewall (WAF)

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Customer Satisfaction
Brand Awareness

Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Applicable Functions

Business Operation
Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Cybersecurity Services

About The Customer

The customer is a well-known European manufacturing company. As a well-known household brand, the customer’s network was both globally distributed and complex. Different infrastructure assets had different requirements under various operational scenarios, resulting in each asset requiring different protection coverage. The company's network and data center infrastructure was as diverse and complex as it was far flung. It included four globally distributed data centers running mission-critical applications, 150 cloud applications hosted on a large public-cloud provider, and three-dozen remote sales offices spanning the globe.

The Challenge

The European manufacturing company had a complex, globally-distributed network comprised of data centers, remote offices and cloud-hosted applications. Each asset type had different requirements and faced different threat profiles. Traditional DDoS mitigation vendors did not have the flexibility or scope to offer full, cost-effective protection for all asset types. The company's previous security vendors had suffered a major breach the previous year. The company was looking for a solution that could provide protection for all its assets, including four globally distributed data centers running mission-critical applications, 150 cloud applications hosted on a large public-cloud provider, and three-dozen remote sales offices spanning the globe.

The Solution

Radware implemented a combination of cloud and premise-based DDoS and WAF solutions. The data centers were protected with a hybrid DDoS solution, combining a premise-based appliance with scalable cloud protection; the cloud-based applications were protected using an ‘always-on’ cloud service and cloud WAF; and non-critical remote sites were protected with Radware’s on-demand cloud DDoS service. Radware was able to satisfy the needs of the customer via the breadths of its offering, which could tailor specifically to the needs of the customer’s elaborate network topology. Radware’s Emergency Response Team (ERT) provided managed services for both premise-based and cloud components, as well as attack-time SOC support in times of need, giving the customer a single point-of-contact.

Operational Impact

With the flexibility provided by Radware, the enterprise manufacturing company was able to safeguard all assets in its network leveraging Radware’s high-quality DDoS and WAF protections.
Radware’s security services blocked several major attacks during the high-profile event, with no impact on availability or performance of any assets.
The company received a number of attack ransom emails in the months leading up to the event. Once the event started, the company experienced an immediate uptick in attacks. In particular, there were massive attack spikes during the opening weekend of the event, as well as during the quarter-finals round.

Quantitative Benefit

Over the course of one month, Radware successfully blocked four major DDoS attacks and over 175,000 web application attacks.
During this time, the customer reported zero false-positives and zero false-negatives, which means that no legitimate user traffic was blocked.