France-based Hosting Provider SdV Plurimédia Selects Corero Network Security’s SmartWall Threat Defense Solution To Protect Customers From DDoS Attacks

HUDSON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS), a leading provider of First Line of Defense® security solutions against DDoS attacks, today announced that France-based SdV Plurimédia, the leading hosting provider for the international media industry, has implemented the SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) to protect its world-class data centers against DDoS attacks. With the Corero solution in place, SdV Plurimédia brings an optimum level of reliability to its networks and guarantees DDoS protection to its customers as part of its 99.999% Service Level Agreement (SLA).

SdV Plurimédia experiences a high volume of web requests and traffic; like many other hosting providers, it experienced DDoS attacks at speeds that threatened its own network and—by default—its customers’ web sites. Due to the latency-sensitive nature of its business and high-availability requirements of the networks, traditional solutions such as cloud-based scrubbing services would not suffice because they require human intervention to detect and mitigate attacks, sometimes resulting in oversights and delays.

“We guarantee the 5x9 SLA to our customers and we commit to maintaining 24/7 network uptime; therefore, it’s crucial for us to deploy a dedicated, inline anti-DDOS appliance,” said Salim Gasmi, CTO at SdV Plurimédia. “Corero’s SmartWall TDS solves the DDoS problem entirely, which improves our overall value proposition, and it allows us to extend our service offerings,” said Gasmi.

SdV Plurimédia selected the Corero SmartWall TDS because it deploys silently in the network, does not require any network element reconfiguration, and does not create any parallel network with traffic redirection and reinjection. Corero’s product easily integrates into SdV Plurimédia’s infrastructure – in front of its firewalls, creating an additional critical layer of security within the network. “We are also impressed by its proprietary, patented heuristic detection and mitigation mechanism called SmartRules,” said Gasmi.

“In addition to assuring service availability for the hosting provider, the Corero SmartWall TDS mitigation guarantees that SdV Plurimédia’s customers do not experience service availability issues in the event of a DDoS attack,” said Dave Larson, Chief Operating Officer, Corero. “Furthermore, the Corero SmartWall TDS acts as a black box; once deployed in the network, it requires little or no intervention from any security or operation personnel,” said Larson.

For more information about the SmartWall TDS, please visit http://www.corero.com/products/Corero_SmartWall_Threat_Defense_System.html.

About SdV Plurimédia
For the past 25 years, the SdV Plurimédia team has specialized in developing specific on-line services that have individual characteristics (traffic type constraints, high availability constraint, network security constraint, etc..) requiring a custom approach for every client. The company creates and hosts interactive web services in addition to offering a customized service from a team of experimented engineers, high volume traffic support and high availability network. Hosting the 400th largest web site in terms of number of requests demands technical expertise and a dedicated approach with each customer. Those added value services are SdV Plurimédia’s differentiation. For more information visit www.sdv.net

About Corero Network Security
Corero Network Security is the leader in real-time, high-performance DDoS defense solutions. Service providers, hosting providers and online enterprises rely on Corero’s award winning technology to eliminate the DDoS threat to their environment through automatic attack detection and mitigation, coupled with complete network visibility, analytics and reporting. This next-generation technology provides a First Line of Defense® against DDoS attacks in the most complex environments while enabling a more cost effective economic model than previously available. For more information, visit www.corero.com.

Contacts

Corero Network Security
Stephanie Weagle, 978-212-1571
stephanie.weagle@corero.com