Financial Services
Financial Sector Protection
Major bank withstands 500Gbps attack after comprehensive testing and hardening.
500 Gbps
Attack Mitigated
0
Downtime Minutes
< 50ms
Latency Impact
The Challenge
A major US financial institution faced increasing DDoS attacks targeting their online banking platform. With millions of customers relying on 24/7 access, even brief outages resulted in significant financial losses and reputational damage. Their existing infrastructure could only handle attacks up to 100Gbps, leaving them vulnerable to larger volumetric attacks.
Our Approach
- Conducted comprehensive infrastructure assessment to identify all potential attack vectors
- Analyzed historical attack patterns and traffic baselines
- Designed multi-layered defense architecture leveraging AWS Shield Advanced and CloudFront
- Implemented real-time monitoring and automated response systems
Implementation
- Deployed AWS Shield Advanced for always-on DDoS protection
- Configured CloudFront with custom security policies and rate limiting
- Implemented WAF rules to filter application-layer attacks
- Set up 24/7 monitoring with automated incident response playbooks
- Conducted staff training on DDoS response procedures
Results
- Successfully mitigated a 500Gbps attack with zero customer impact
- Reduced mean time to detection from 15 minutes to under 30 seconds
- Achieved 99.99% uptime over 12 months post-implementation
- Passed all regulatory compliance audits related to availability
“BlackNeuron transformed our security posture. When we faced our largest attack ever, the systems they implemented handled it seamlessly. Our customers never noticed a thing.”
Chief Information Security Officer
Major US Financial Institution