Introduction to Cloud Security Services and DDoS Defense Solutions

Limelight Networks announced that it held a seminar on 'Strengthening Cloud Security' for CxOs and key managers of enterprises and public institutions, and introduced 'Cloud Security Services' and 'DDoS Defense Solutions' that minimize false positives through intelligent attack detection and prediction based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.

Limelight Networks Korea held a seminar on the theme of "Conquering Cloud Security for Successful Digital Business Innovation" on Tuesday, November 28, at the Maple Room on the 5th floor of the Grand Intercontinental Hotel in Samseong-dong, with the participation of CxOs and key managers from corporations and public institutions.

Currently, companies are adopting the cloud for business innovation, but strengthening security is essential for its stable operation. Therefore, it is crucial to secure a broad perspective capable of rapidly detecting and identifying threats.

Limelight’s cloud security service is provided in the form of an open platform that can operate independently of the CDN and allows for the flexible addition of necessary features such as malware defense and API defense. In addition, Limelight can minimize false positive rates by combining artificial intelligence analysis capabilities based on Cyber Threat Intelligence, which processes and collects global traffic every day.

In particular, it is possible to build a perfect security environment that goes beyond the security level currently operating in existing on-premises infrastructure, while maximizing performance and user experience against large-scale DDoS attacks and web application attacks.

Park Dae-sung, General Manager of Limelight Networks Korea, stated, “The Web Application Firewall service is a cloud-based service located between the globally distributed ‘Limelight CDN infrastructure’ and the ‘customer’s origin,’ capable of defending against attacks on applications without degrading application delivery performance.” He added, “In particular, the Web Application Firewall service can minimize false positive rates through intelligent attack detection and prediction based on artificial intelligence and machine learning.” He emphasized, “In addition, it is possible to build a more robust security environment for responding to zero-day vulnerabilities by automating security systems that recommend the rapid creation, deployment, and application of new security rules when new threats are identified.”

In addition, it is possible to block potential hackers' footholds without impacting web application performance by conducting real-time behavior and pattern analysis-based scanning to block malware before accessing the application, and by operating security policies such as file type whitelists and file name/size/length specification rules based on various client parameters.

In addition, as part of its ongoing investment to strengthen cloud DDoS attack defense services, Limelight Networks is continuously expanding its 'Scrubbing Centers,' which can efficiently defend against DDoS attacks through real-time detection and blocking of DDoS attacks as well as automatic traffic diversion.

Park Dae-sung, Country Manager of Limelight Networks Korea, stated, “To strengthen cloud DDoS attack defense services, we plan to expand our independent scrubbing centers globally to more than 20 locations, including Korea, by 2018. Additionally, regarding online-based On-Net Scrubbing Centers, 10 global centers have currently been established, including in the U.S. (Washington D.C., California), Germany, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and Singapore, with 28 more scheduled for expansion in 2018.”