Brinkster Selects Radware’s Attack Mitigation System to Protect its Cloud and Hosting Customers Against Cyber Attacks

• Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
• Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

• Telecommunications

• Business Operation

• Cybersecurity

• Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
• Cybersecurity Services

Brinkster, a global hosting and cloud service provider, needed a solution to protect its vast client base against a new generation of sophisticated, multi-vectored cyber attacks. The company hosts over 50,000 customers and needed a security solution that could protect its infrastructure and customers from a wide range of cyber attacks designed to impact its ability to service customers, or to infringe on the security of their information. The solution had to meet Brinkster’s rigorous demands for uninterrupted network uptime so it could deliver on its service level agreements (SLAs). As a result of recent attacks on their customers, Brinkster focused on protection from denial-of-service attacks in the form of networks and application-level floods, zero-day vulnerability attacks, low-volume, scanning, cracking and advanced persistent threats. While a growing portion of Brinkster’s data traffic is secured and encrypted by the SSL protocol, they needed a security solution that could detect and mitigate DoS and DDoS attacks that are SSL encrypted.

Brinkster is a Managed Hosting Service Provider specializing in IT infrastructure as a service (IaaS). The company has been providing industry-leading expertise and world-class hosting solutions to customers since 1999. Headquartered in Phoenix, AZ, Brinkster services 50,000 customers in over 175 countries, developing long-lasting customer relationships through its commitments to Radical Support. They offer Managed Dedicated Servers, Self-Manage Dedicated Servers, Cloud Hosting, High Availability Solutions, DDoS Mitigation, Hosted Encrypted Email, Enterprise Backup and Disaster Recovery Solutions, ecommerce Solutions, Shared Hosting, and Domain Name services.

In 2012, Brinkster deployed Radware’s Attack Mitigation System (AMS) to help protect customers worldwide against the new generation of cyber attacks. Radware’s DefensePro provided Brinkster with internal attack mitigation and managed DoS/ DDoS mitigation. In addition, Brinkster deployed Radware’s Alteon ADC-VX which provides various levels of availability for the hosting packages and SSL mitigation. The AMS solution provided Brinkster a unique and evolved approach to converged perimeter security. It not only provided a new revenue stream for enhanced security services but also allowed them to ensure that their hosted servers were not being used in outbound attacks.

• Brinkster was able to successfully mitigate attacks with the help of Radware’s Emergency Response Team.
• The deployed solution mitigated both known and new forms of attacks while allowing Brinkster’s legitimate traffic to be handled as normal, so the business continuity of our hosted cloud customers is preserved even while under attack.
• With AMS now fully deployed and successful, Brinkster and Radware plan to continue their partnership and are currently working on new joint business opportunities.