US Signal Mitigates DDoS Attack on Financial Institution

October 8, 2019
IT Security | Customer Stories

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.

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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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