Eldorado uses network of filtering for blocking of DDoS-attacks

On March 17, 2015 the CROC company announced the joint project of the round-the-clock protection of Eldorado online store with Qrator Labs.

Project Progress

The project is begun on the eve of New Year's holidays 2013 - 2014. As of March 17, 2015 the Internet resource of Eldorado company is connected to network of traffic filtering more than a year.

El Dorado, 2013

The technical support from CROC provided operability of services of the solution, rendering consulting services to specialists ^[1] in the field of fight against DDoS and other types of the attacks, including possible false operations.

Project Results

CROC and Qrator Labs provided the round-the-clock protection of Eldorado online store. All attacks on a resource are reflected in the automatic mode, it is about several large DDoS attacks and hundreds of thousands of hacker activities a year. Traffic filtering allows the retailer not to lose the uniform buyer even during the "hottest" seasons. And the technical support from CROC provides operability of all services of the solution and renders consulting to specialists of shop in the field of fight against DDoS and other types of the attacks, including false operations and critical vulnerabilities in software.

During 2014 specialists of CROC and Qrator Labs, working within the project, neutralized 5 large DDoS attacks (to 15 thousand bots, the maximum band of the attack — 2.3 Gbps), to block more than 320 thousand hacker activities, many of which are planned taking into account technical features of the Internet platform of the customer.

"Eldorado takes the leading positions on turnover of online store among large federal retailers of home appliances and electronics. For ensuring correct functioning of online store the company imposes high requirements to service provider in the field of information security to which completely there conforms CROC. The team of true professionals guarantees the greatest possible protection in case of DDoS attacks, provides high fault tolerance of an Internet channel, thereby allowing us not to reduce rates of its development" — Konstantin Korotnev, the manager on information security of Eldorado company told.

"Large DDoS attack can stop work of online store at several o'clock, and hacker cracking threatens with loss of client data and can cause enormous damage to business reputation. Now Eldorado can not worry about these risks even at the height of a sales season when the activity not only of Internet buyers, but also cybermalefactors increases" — Mikhail Bashlykov, the head of information security of CROC noted.

"The network of traffic filtering Qrator proved to be as a reliable method of counteraction to the hacker attacks, including DDoS more than once. Our service and harmonious work with specialists of CROC allow to save resource availability of the customer at the high level not only during the peak periods, for example, in days of festive sales when the serious growth of traffic, but also in the course of the attack is observed. Normal users do not feel failures in work of services, and the website continues to work" — Alexander Lyamin, the head of Qrator Labs said.