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Neustar and Limelight Networks Partner to Help Protect Organizations by Creating the World's Largest, Most Distributed DDoS Mitigation Network
Neustar,
Inc. (NYSE:NSR), a trusted, neutral provider of real-time
information services, and Limelight
Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq:LLNW), a global leader in digital content
delivery, today announce a relationship that will help give
organizations a significant competitive advantage against the serious
threat of expanding Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. By
combining Neustar's industry leading DDoS solution SiteProtect with
Limelight's premier content delivery network (CDN), businesses now have
the world's largest, most distributed DDoS mitigation network.
In recent years DDoS attacks have evolved from a novelty used to create
a minor nuisance to a stealth weapon capable of crippling an
organizations' mission-critical digital infrastructures. A primary
attack strategy follows the theory "just enough is good enough" - if the
attacker is able to overrun a organizations' network capacity by a
single unit, its network goes down and opens the door for malware to be
planted or for theft to occur. When complete, Neustar's relationship
with Limelight will increase Neustar's SiteProtect DDoS mitigation
network to 10 Terabits per second. By providing the industry's best
guarantee for uptime during a DDoS attack, Neustar can effectively
mitigate this threat while dissuading attacker's from using this tactic.
"We understand how important it is for our customers to protect critical
infrastructure and ensure systems and websites are up and running 24x7,"
said Rodney Joffe (News - Alert), Neustar's Senior Vice President, Distinguished
Engineering Fellow, and Head of National Security. "The global scale and
stability of the Limelight platform will enable Neustar to outpace
attackers and mitigate the world's largest DDoS attacks with unrivaled
performance and minimal disruption." The Neustar-Limelight relationship
enables Neustar's SiteProtect to operate as an entirely unique,
integrated and distributed DDoS mitigation network with 27 in-region
DDoS mitigation centers that allows Neustar to absorb attacks as close
as possible to the attack source.
In addition, the Neustar-Limelight relationship further strengthens and
enhances Neutar's portfolio of security solutions including its
industry leading UltraDNS solution. For example, Neustar UltraDNS
customers now have the increased presence of in-region mitigation
centers that will allow Neustar to redirect traffic to local scrubbing
centers at the edge of the network, closer to the source. Customer's web
traffic can now be "scrubbed" and delivered locally rather than having
to be backhauled to a regional scrubbing center that may be partway
around the world, which reduces network latency and restores network
performance more quickly and effectively.
"This relationship is a strong endorsement of our network strength and
commitment to securely delivering Internet traffic around the world. We
are very pleased to partner with Neustar and believe that together we
will be uniquely suited to transform the DDoS market," said Joe DePalo,
senior vice president, technical operations at Limelight.
About Neustar
Every day, the world generates roughly 2.5 quadrillion bits of data.
Neustar (NYSE: NSR) isolates certain elements and analyzes, simplifies
and edits them to make precise and valuable decisions that drive
results. As one of the few companies capable of knowing with certainty
who is on the other end of every interaction, we're trusted by the
world's great brands to make critical decisions some 20 billion times a
day. We help marketers send timely and relevant messages to the right
people. Because we can authoritatively tell a client exactly who is
calling or connecting with them, we make critical realtime responses
possible. And the same comprehensive information that enables our
clients to direct and manage orders also stops attackers. We know when
someone isn't who they claim to be, which helps stop fraud and denial of
service before they're a problem. Because we're also an experienced
manager of some of the world's most complex databases, we help clients
control their online identity, registering and protecting their domain
name, and routing traffic to the correct network address. By linking the
most essential information with the people who depend on it, we provide
more than 12,000 clients worldwide with decisions-not just data. More
information is available at http://www.neustar.biz
About Limelight Networks (News - Alert)
Limelight Networks (NASDAQ: LLNW), a global leader in digital content
delivery, empowers customers to better engage online audiences by
enabling them to securely manage and globally deliver digital content,
on any device. The company's award winning Limelight Orchestrate™
platform includes an integrated suite of content delivery technology and
services that helps organizations secure digital content, deliver
exceptional multi-screen experiences, improve brand awareness, drive
revenue, and enhance customer relationships - all while reducing
costs. For more information, please visit www.limelight.com,
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