Case Study: BioCatch achieves faster scaling and lower costs with Microsoft Azure microservices

Cybersecurity ISV re-architects with microservices to catch more bad guys

BioCatch, a cybersecurity company specializing in behavioral biometrics, faced significant challenges with its original monolithic architecture on Microsoft Azure. Their platform could not scale efficiently to handle a sudden surge from 2 million to 8 million users, leading to high infrastructure costs and an inability to make rapid code changes to counter new fraudster threats.

Microsoft worked with BioCatch to re-architect its platform using a microservices approach on Azure Container Service and open-source technologies like DC/OS and Python. This solution dramatically improved performance, with average response times increasing by over 1,500% and the ability to scale up in 20 seconds. Microsoft's support enabled BioCatch to slash costs and accelerate innovation, deploying updates up to 15 times a day instead of quarterly.

BioCatch

Dekel Shavit

Vice President of Operations & CISO