The cyber security provider Link11 was compared against leading international providers of DDoS solutions and emerged as the winner. The Frost & Sullivan study underlines the importance of precision and speed in defense. With comparison: Imperva, Cloudflight, Akamai and Neustar.
Link11, the leading European IT security provider in the field of web server and infrastructure protection, is the only one of the leading global providers tested to offer comprehensive protection against DDoS attacks. When blocking an attack, Link11 is more than six times faster than average. This is the central result of a current study by the IT analyst firm Frost & Sullivan in cooperation with the pen test specialist NimbusDDoS.
Checked by pen test specialist NimbusDDoS
From the test results, Link11 emerges as the clear leader. The company was the only one to meet all the criteria of the independent study and was characterized by a high level of precision in detection and speed in defending against DDoS attacks. According to the study results, Link11 is thus setting new standards in DDoS protection and underpinning its technological lead. Both parameters are crucial to success if companies want to strengthen the resilience of their IT infrastructures.
DDoS protection solutions tested for accuracy and speed
The evaluation was based on technologically extensive stress tests on common types of attacks, which were carried out by the internationally leading pen test provider for DDoS stress attacks, NimbusDDoS, based in Boston (USA). The security solutions of the five international providers were exposed to the new and difficult-to-detect carpet bombing attacks in addition to UDP high-volume attacks, reflection amplification attacks and SYN floods.
DDoS solutions in a comparison test (Image: Link11).
Despite the correlation between attack duration and business impact, too many organizations still underestimate the risk or feel safe with the protections they have in place. While the solutions may appear similar in terms of value proposition, they differ significantly in their technical capabilities. To achieve true operational resiliency and increase responsiveness, analysts say organizations should consider how quickly and accurately vendors can identify and mitigate attacks when choosing DDoS protection. The conclusion is clear: the faster the attack is successfully stopped, the lower the financial damage.
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Via Link11 Link11 is the leading European IT security provider in the field of cyber resilience, with headquarters in Germany and worldwide locations in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. The cloud-based security services are fully automated, react in real time and repel all attacks, both known and new patterns, guaranteed in less than 10 seconds. According to the unanimous opinion of analysts (Gartner, Forrester), Link11 thus offers the fastest detection and defense (TTM) available on the market. The Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) identifies Link11 as a qualified DDoS protection provider for critical infrastructures. To ensure cyber resilience, web and infrastructure DDoS protection, bot management, zero-touch WAF and even secure CDN services ensure holistic and cross-platform hardening of networks and critical applications in companies.