Case Study: How Financial Services Firms Can Defend Against DDoS Attacks

DDoS attacks against financial firms have continued to grow in size and frequency. The specific tactics and sophistication of the attacks have evolved rapidly. Outages have prevented customers and prospects from opening new accounts, viewing account and billing information, conducting online transactions and accessing brand and product information. In other cases, while sites have technically been available during an attack, DDoS defense measures have caused response times to degrade up to 30 to 50 seconds, making sites effectively down from an end-user perspective.

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We are here to protect your business' most valuable asset - your data. Our suite of products provides customers with the privacy they need to get ahead and stay there. We're constantly striving to combat cyber threat landscapes as they evolve.Security First Corp. started in 2002 to combat the complex cyber security landscape brought on by the exponential growth of data. Building a new age of data security science, we've perfected it into the most powerful security technology, SPx. Recognized across the industry for its unrivaled capabilities, we're working to make unsurpassable data protection possible for enterprises and governments across the world.

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