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US Signal Mitigates DDoS Attack on Financial Institution
The Proof is in the Action
A financial services company was in discussion with US Signal regarding its website and application security service. But when a cyber-attack occurred and US Signal leaped into action, the company knew that partnering with US Signal was the right thing to do.
Executive Summary
Business Challenges
- Frequent cyber-attacks interrupting business, including customer access to online portal
- Need for accelerated solution implementation
- Meet compliance requirements for PCI and GDPR
Solution Highlights
- Website and Application Security, including:
- Multi-layer DDoS mitigation
- A continuously updated, preconfigured firewall that filters known malicious traffic sources
- A web application firewall (WAF) for advanced website and application filtering protection
- Simplified SSL management
- Advanced analytics reporting
Selected Results
- Normal two-week implementation completed in less than three hours to handle emergency situation
- DDoS attack mitigation in effect within 15 minutes of cutover, allowing normal customer services to resume
- 99 percent of malicious access attempts challenged and blocked
- Additional attack thwarted without customer being aware the attack even occurred
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