Case Study: Telesystem eliminates DDoS downtime and boosts service availability with Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System

Bci Commercial Telecom Companies, Telesystem And Line Systems, Deliver Service Excellence With Corero Smartwall® Threat Defense System

Block Communications’ commercial telecom divisions, Telesystem and Line Systems (LSI), provide voice, Internet and cloud services to thousands of commercial customers across the eastern U.S. Their operations faced frequent DDoS attacks that threatened uptime for universities, hospitals, government agencies and financial institutions, and interim measures proved unsustainable and costly.

Telesystem/LSI deployed Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) with SecureWatch® Analytics after a successful proof-of-concept, installing appliances on key 10Gbps interconnects and enabling automated SOC-backed mitigation. The solution eliminated DDoS-related downtime, reduced manual mitigation effort, improved visibility and reporting, and boosted service availability, staff efficiency and customer confidence.

Telesystem

Eveland Morris

Director of Core Engineering