Background
The client operates high-volume financial services where uptime and transaction integrity are business-critical, particularly during peak holiday times. To protect these systems, they were enrolled in IP River’s Cloud Protection service with DefensePro and WAF rules tuned for financial workloads.
Challenge
In Dec 2024, a multi-vector volumetric DDoS campaign targeted the client’s public endpoints. The attack aimed to overwhelm network and application layers, risking transaction failures and reputational damage at the worst possible time: peak holiday traffic.
Solution
IP River’s Cloud WAF (with DefensePro signatures) detected anomalous volumetric patterns and applied automated mitigation rules including rate limiting, IP reputation filtering, and protocol-level scrubbers. Traffic was redirected to cloud scrubbing nodes where malicious packets were dropped, while legitimate sessions continued through.
Results
The attack was fully mitigated in real time 0% downtime, uninterrupted transactions, and no customer impact. The client only learned about the event via our detailed post-event report after the holidays.
- Real-time mitigation with no manual intervention required
- Zero disruption to financial transactions
- Comprehensive post-incident analysis provided to the client
Key Takeaways
Cloud-native DDoS defenses that combine automated detection with scalable scrubbing layers prevent downtime during peak events which is essential for financial services and any business where availability equals revenue and trust.
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