Gaming companies outsmart DDoS attack with new software security solutions

New releases in the online gaming industry are highly anticipated events. Millions of gamers anxiously waiting to leap onto a shiny new game service is an irresistible target for hackers—with bragging rights being the prize. But for the gaming companies, suffering a DDoS attack is a disaster with immediate loss of revenue, mitigation costs and long-term consequences for their brand. Fortunately, new approaches to security based on multi-dimensional analytics and traffic modeling using big data are changing how this game is played.

The DDoS danger

Global gaming companies build excitement with big, heavily-marketed release dates. This brings millions of players online at the exact same time. During these traffic surges, gaming companies also see a surge of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Being able to surgically shutting down the attacks without disrupting service is critical.