Case Study: Augusta County Public Schools mitigates persistent DDoS attacks and restores critical test access with Akamai Technologies (Prolexic Routed)

Augusta County Public Schools Mitigate Persistent DDoS Attack with Akamai’s Prolexic Routed Solution

Augusta County Public Schools, a 20+ school district in Verona, VA, was hit by a month‑long, high‑volume UDP botnet DDoS that overwhelmed its ISP and throttled bandwidth, leaving staff and students unable to access critical applications and Standards of Learning (SOL) online tests.

The district deployed Akamai’s Prolexic Routed solution to absorb and mitigate the attack, restoring normal network performance, ensuring uninterrupted access to testing and other key resources, and giving administrators renewed confidence and peace of mind.

Augusta County Public Schools

Gary Bryant

Technology Coordinator