Case Study: Cesar’s Way (Cesar Millan Inc.) restores site uptime and mitigates DDoS attacks with DOSarrest Internet Security

Mitigating DDoS attacks for the best dog trainer in the world

Cesar’s Way, the online hub for Cesar Millan, was hit by a crippling DDoS attack that left visitors facing a white screen, disrupted traffic (about 4 million page views/month) and threatened roughly $100,000 in monthly sales. After initial troubleshooting with their host and a referral from Acquia, Cesar’s Way engaged DOSarrest Internet Security, which recommended its Proxy Defense service to mitigate the attack.

DOSarrest Internet Security implemented Proxy Defense—assigning a clean IP, changing DNS to point to DOSarrest, uploading the SSL certificate, and routing traffic through its scrubbing nodes—restoring the site within two hours and filtering malicious requests. Since signing with DOSarrest Internet Security in March 2012, Cesar’s Way has had no DDoS downtime, avoided costly additional servers, and benefits from improved handling of traffic spikes and faster page delivery via DOSarrest’s CDN.

Cesar’s Way

George Gomez

Director of Online Development