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Akamai Shields Leading Retailer from DDoS Attacks During Critical Holiday Shopping Period

During the hectic holiday season, time-starved consumers want to get their shopping done quickly and seamlessly. As a result, site stability and efficient load speeds are imperative to the retailers’ e-Commerce success. However, one threat may place a merchant’s online success in jeopardy: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks.

These geographically shifting attacks with changing attack signatures often are difficult for organizations to detect and block. For example, one retailer experienced 10,000 times its normal daily traffic due to these highly distributed attacks.

Complete the form below to learn how Akamai Solutions helped a leading retailer maintain online operations and protect brand reputation with multi-layered defense.

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