Case Study: Once secures Eurovision voting and blocks billions of malicious requests with Cloudflare

ONCE blocks 2 billion malicious requests with Cloudflare

ONCE, a company that provides real-time interactive platforms for major live events like the Eurovision Song Contest, faced significant security and scalability challenges. They needed to protect their systems from sophisticated DDoS and botnet attacks while ensuring flawless performance during massive, time-sensitive traffic surges. To address this, they partnered with Cloudflare, implementing its application security services and Web Application Firewall.

Cloudflare's solution provided robust protection, blocking over 2 billion malicious requests in just 15 minutes during one event. The implementation slashed threat response times from 15 seconds to 2 seconds and improved cache efficiency, ensuring uninterrupted service. Furthermore, by offloading encryption to Cloudflare, ONCE cut server costs by 40% and consolidated multiple vendor tools into a single, efficient platform.

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