A data scrubbing center that will analyze and filter Internet traffic to remove bogus and malicious data brought about by DDoS attacks will soon open through a partnership between IPC (IP Converge Data Services, Inc.) and DDoS Mitigation service provider Nexusguard.
“With the rising incidence of DDoS attacks and their increasing complexity and volume, having our very own scrubbing center augments our capabilities to protect local online businesses, and enables us to mitigate local attack traffic in-country as well,” said IPC Director for Product Management and Marketing, Niño Valmonte. “This ensures customers that aside from being protected from attacks, the latency with regard to legitimate Internet traffic accessing their websites is minimized.”
DDoS is considered to be the world’s most costly cybercrime. Over 50 percent of cyber crimes in the world are DDoS attacks.
Nexusguard, a pioneer in DDoS attack mitigation, operates multiple scrubbing centers around the world. IPC’s Philippine scrubbing center will be connected to this global network, allowing IPC to protect local e-commerce websites from attacks generated both locally and from foreign shores. According to reports, the top two sources of DDoS attack traffic are USA and China.
The scrubbing center will be co-located in IPC’s own Internet data center facility and operated by experienced and highly skilled DDoS Mitigation professionals.
“Given IPC’s expertise and progressive expansion in the Philippines in terms of cloud service offerings, we’re confident that we’ve made the right choice to partner with them in this endeavor. Plus, the country’s strategic location in the Asian region makes it a logical choice in establishing a line of defense against the rising tide of DDoS attacks in the area and worldwide,” said Bill Barry, Executive Vice President of Nexusguard.
In the global arena, having this newest scrubbing center adds another layer of protection and mitigation for both local and overseas businesses. The addition of this Philippine-based center enlarges the scope of countering the escalating scale of DDoS attacks.
Meanwhile, local enterprises can look forward to a number of advantages. Among others, there will be low latency, creating faster turn-around time for data to be transmitted within the country. Prior to this, scrubbing operations had to be farmed out to other centers in neighboring Asian countries which can lead to higher latency, though it is considered to be an acceptable setback compared to complete downtime caused by an attack.
Having local support also affords Philippine-based clients ease of access: the convenience of making a local call, on local time, with professionals who understand and speak your language which gives one a cost-effective and cost-efficient use of resources in terms of time and money, as well as make for better business relations.
Nexusguard is a global internet cloud security service provider with years of experience in mitigating thousands of attacks per month. In January 2014, the company entered into a partnership with IPC, whose expertise focused on cloud and data center services. Together, their combined strengths created a formidable tandem against the growing worldwide problem of DDoS attacks, giving enterprise clients an added edge when it comes to shielding their company’s data from malicious damage inflicted by hackers.
