DDoS protection for e-Commerce

While worldwide e-Commerce revenue is rising each year, companies that conduct a high percentage of their business over the Internet are increasingly vulnerable to DoS and DDoS denial of service attacks. If a site is unavailable or transactions cannot be processed due to denial of service, brand loyalty and reputation can be adversely affected – often for months after the DDoS attack itself. Even worse, the bottom line impact can be significant.

Industry analyst firms estimate the cost of a 24-hour outage for a large e-Commerce company can approach US$30 million. That is why e-Commerce companies need DDoS protection.

Unfortunately, e-Commerce sites are among those most commonly targeted for DDoS attacks by cyber criminals. While a prolonged distributed denial of service attack or repeated series of DDoS attacks can result in revenue loss, e-Commerce providers do not have to be passive victims. Prolexic ensures site availability – by absorbing and eliminating malicious DDoS traffic in the cloud at our DDoS mitigation scrubbing centers and keeping the traffic flowing to your site clean and DDoS free.

The best news of all is that DDoS denial of service protection for e-Commerce sites often pays for itself within several hours. Just like many e-Commerce companies outsource content and web site maintenance, it makes sense to outsource your DDoS protection to an expert such as Prolexic, leaving you free to concentrate on your core business.

Why e-Commerce companies choose Prolexic for DDoS protection

• Prolexic customers remain online before, during, and after DDoS attacks

• On-demand DDoS mitigation services have a minimal effect on customer traffic

• Remote DDoS detection and DDoS monitoring services enable Prolexic to detect potential DDoS attacks before they have any effect on your clean traffic

DDoS mitigation case studies for e-Commerce

• AmericanEagle: After experiencing multiple attacks of increasing intensity and variety, Americaneagle.com chose to work with Prolexic to protect its website hosting services and the e-Commerce revenues of its high profile customers. Register to read the full report.

• PayPro: A Layer 7 DDoS attack by a disgruntled customer takes down a software e-commerce site. After 16 hours offline – and substantial loss of revenues – Prolexic gets PayPro online within minutes. Register to read the full report.

• World of Watches: Prolexic mitigates DDoS attack and keeps revenues ticking after bandwidth flood attack. Register to read the full report.

• Parts Geek: Prolexic stops DDoS Denial of Service campaign against popular e-Commerce web site after others fail. Register to download the full report.

• BidCactus: Hackers try to extort an auction site with a lethal Layer 3 DDoS attack. Prolexic restores the site in minutes and sends them packing. Register to read the full report.

• e-Commerce Printing: Prolexic mitigates two-week Layer 7 campaign against printed promotion items retailer. Register to read the full report.

• “Daily Deal” web site: When others couldn’t mitigate the latest DDoS attack this “daily deal” web site called Prolexic. Problem solved in 2 hours. Register to read the full report.

• Jewelry Designer: An encrypted Layer 7 attack took down the web site of a premier
  jewelry company for nearly three days until Prolexic brought it back
  online in less than an hour. Register to download the full report.

• Fragrance Retailer: A Layer 7 DDoS attack takes down the web site of a leading global retailer of women’s fragrances and beauty products. After 72 hours offline Prolexic gets the site back up within 5 minutes. Register to read the full report.

Learn more about how we protect leading businesses from DDoS attacks in these DDoS mitigation case studies in the Prolexic Knowledge Center.