Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba Group, and PCCW Global, the international operating division of HKT, Hong Kong's premier telecommunications service provider, jointly announced on August 25 their expanded strategic collaboration to provide cloud based anti-DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) security products to enterprises.
The two companies have cooperated to provide network and IDC (Internet Data Center) services in Hong Kong since June 2015. The new collaboration will deliver Alibaba Cloud's world-class anti-DDoS products to international business customers through PCCW Global.
Alibaba Cloud's anti-DDoS products sold and distributed through PCCW Global will offer businesses comprehensive protection against all types of DDoS threats, including complex layer 7 application-level attacks. The automatic cloud-based service monitors compliance violations and security breaches to provide real-time threat visibility.
Mr. Marc Halbfinger, Chief Executive Officer of PCCW Global, said: 'We are pleased to be playing a role in extending Alibaba Cloud's capabilities to new markets. The relationship with Alibaba Cloud is a remarkable opportunity to provide our combined customers with the very best in data security, customer-service quality, and network coverage. Adding Alibaba Cloud's security products to our threat identification systems will offer enterprises a holistic perspective of complete security needs.'
Alibaba Cloud's cloud platform has a proven track record in handling extremely high traffic levels which can easily be a target for DDoS attacks. Alibaba Cloud's success in processing a peak order volume of over 140,000 orders per second during Alibaba Group's 11.11 Global Shopping Festival last year is a powerful validation of Alibaba Cloud's security reliability.
DDoS attacks occur when multiple systems are used to flood the access capacity of a targeted system. In recent years, sophisticated DDoS attacks have increased in frequency, size and complexity. Alibaba Cloud successfully thwarted one of the world's largest cyberattacks on December 20, 2014, protecting a gaming app company from a 14-hour long DDoS attack with peak attacking traffic of 453.8 gigabits per second.
Not only has Alibaba Cloud nullified some of the largest cyberattacks in history, but its security technologies are now scalable such that PCCW Global will be able to offer service guarantees for various forms of security applications.
Since the acquisition of Crypteia Networks in 2014, PCCW Global has been a leading provider of cybersecurity for global enterprises across multiple network layers. In China, Alibaba Cloud has developed its own world class anti-DDOS software and security services. This collaboration will further protect their customers and businesses from the ever increasing threat of cyberattack.
