Banking and Financial Services
From 50% to Less Than 15% DDoS Risk
A leading, North American financial services provider used RADAR™ to close severe DDoS vulnerability gaps & avoid damaging DDoS downtime.
The Customer
The company offers a range of digital financial services, including investment, mortgage, and retirement planning. Having suffered an uptick of attacks and a major business disruption, the company chose MazeBolt to conduct annual red team testing. During the test, they discovered that they were vulnerable to 50% of the attack vectors tested.
Key Takeaways
Customer Challenges
- Providing uninterrupted digital services
- Lack of visibility into a dynamic DDoS attack surface
- The limited effectivity of red team testing
Our Impact
- Reducing exposure from 50% to less than 15%
- Maintaining the business continuity of online services
- Validating changes in network configuration
- DDoS testing without any operational disruption
The Challenge
When they realized the severity of their DDoS exposure, the company understood the need for continuous DDoS vulnerability testing and remediation. Their red team test was limited due to the limited attack surface coverage – only 3 targets and up to 15 attack vectors, so the test results were not a sufficient method for evaluating the effectiveness of the customer’s DDoS protection.
Our Solution
The company implemented RADAR to perform thousands of DDoS simulations for over 140 attack vectors, and a larger number of targets. With MazeBolt’s analysis and remediation plan in hand, the company was able to work with its DDoS protection vendor and close DDoS vulnerability gaps, dramatically reducing DDoS risk.
Customer Benefits
After remediation changes were implemented, the company achieved the highest level of business continuity and DDoS readiness. They were able to continue to validate all changes in network configuration with zero operational downtime.
