Nexusguard Application Protection

Keeping your Applications available and protected at all times Application availability can have a critical impact on business continuity as well as company’s reputation and revenue. That’s why protecting business applications from DDoS (distributed-denial-of-service) attacks is now an essential component of a mature cyber-security strategy. Within the scope of DDoS events, application attacks are among the most damaging and complex to mitigate. Whether an attack is criminal, an act of hacktivism, cyber espionage — or whatever — Nexusguard’s purpose-built Application Protection Service enables organizations to rapidly deploy and implement a robust defense.

Ensuring non-stop availability for online services Application Protection Service mitigates attacks in the application vector space, also known as Layer 7. These attacks can be generated by a single actor or by a distributed botnet using a sophisticated Command and Control (C&C) structure. And they can occur across many vectors, but most commonly target HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, SMTP, and VoIP. Hybrid attacks combining multiple vectors are common, and pose a growing security challenge. Application Protection Service secures the Internet’s perimeter, ensuring that Layer 7 attacks are effectively mitigated, while allowing continuous and transparent availability for online services — without impacting performance.

How it works Nexusguard Application Protection Service utilizes a combination of proprietary technology platforms and security best practices. During normal, peacetime operations, your applications are served from the edge of Nexusguard’s globally distributed Next Generation Network, and content is securely cached and passed along to your origin servers. The service leverages TCP Anycast, assigning each of your business resources a secure Anycast Virtual IP (VIP) address and providing high-performance global accessibility.