<p>We are finishing the series of posts about the types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Today we will review the last one - hybrid solution.</p>

Explore advantages and limitations of on-premise anti-DDoS services and see if such type of DDoS protection solutions fits you.

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<h1>Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. On-premise</h1>
<em><span>15 October 2020<span> </span></span></em>

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<p><span><span>This time we discuss the types of DDoS protection solutions.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span>There are three types of solutions:</span></span></p>

<ul>
	<li><span><span>on-premise</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>cloud</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>hybrid</span></span></li>
</ul>

<p><span><span>Let us discuss the on-premise today.</span></span></p>

<div class="events-post-page__important"><span><span>This type of solution can be installed either by a customer or by his ISP. Both software and hardware appliances (specialized network devices) are available.</span></span></div>

<h2><span><span>THE ADVANTAGES OF ON-PREMISE SOLUTIONS</span></span></h2>

<ul>
	<li><span><span>Minimal impact on latency thanks to local installation.</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>The ability to flexibly integrate the solution into the existing infrastructure. You are the absolute master of your filtering system.</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>The ability to configure protection as you need.</span></span></li>
</ul>

<h2><span><span>LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS</span></span></h2>

<ul>
	<li><span><span>High cost. The cost of ownership of on-premises anti-DDoS solutions is usually higher than of cloud-based ones.</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>The need to hire or train your own specialists to work with the solution, monitor threats, and respond to incidents. You are the owner and you are responsible for the solution efficiency.</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>Limited functionality. On-premises solutions typically allow you to protect yourself only from packet flood (L3-L5 layers of the OSI). But they probably won&#39;t help you to protect from HTTP botnets (L7 filtering is required to protect web applications).</span></span></li>
	<li><span><span>Limited bandwidth of the solution itself and available communication channels. If, for example, you have only 40 Gbit/s bandwidth then the local solution will not be able to repel an attack of 50 Gbit/s.</span></span></li>
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<h2><span><span>FOR WHOM</span></span></h2>

<p><span><span>Telecom operators (cloud and Internet service providers) and datacenters that can afford to have their own Anti-DDoS service and are able to cope with powerful (hundreds of gigabytes) attacks and also offer Anti-DDoS service to their customers.</span></span></p>

<p><span><span>Next time, we&#39;ll talk about cloud and hybrid solutions.</span></span></p>
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Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. On-premise

<p><img alt="StormWall’s BGP network security solution for Africell" height="630" src="https://content2.stormwall.pro/or/images/success-stories/stormwall-secures-africells-network.jpg" width="1200" /></p>

<p>Africell, the US-owned mobile network operator with more than 12 million customers in four African countries, has adopted the industry-leading StormWall Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection solution to improve security across its networks</p>

Africell, the US-owned mobile network operator has adopted the industry-leading StormWall DDoS protection solution to improve security across its networks.

Protecting the Africell Network with BGP | StormWall

<p><em>13 October 2020</em></p>

<h1>StormWall protects Africell network with BGP from cybercrime in Africa</h1>

<p>Africell, the US-owned mobile network operator with more than 12 million customers in four African countries, has adopted the industry-leading StormWall Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection solution to improve security across its networks.</p>

<p>The anti-DDoS technology provides protection across Africell&rsquo;s IT infrastructure in Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia and Sierra-Leone, where the company provides Internet access via 3G, LTE and 5G and is rated as the number one company in terms of service quality by regulators.</p>

<p><img alt="StormWall’s BGP network security solution for Africell" height="630" src="https://content2.stormwall.pro/or/images/success-stories/stormwall-secures-africells-network.jpg" width="1200" /></p>

<h2>How it works</h2>

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	<li>StormWall&rsquo;s BGP network security solution ensures automatic protection for networks by detecting <a href="https://stormwall.network/knowledge-base/termin/ddos-protection">DDoS attacks</a> at an early stage and switching <a href="https://stormwall.network/knowledge-base/termin/traffic">traffic</a> to DDoS filters before the attack causes the service unavaiability.</li>
	<li>The solution helps to ensure stable operation of IT infrastructure and networks, protecting them from all known DDoS attacks at L3-L5 <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model">OSI levels</a>.</li>
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<p>This protection method is intended for telecom operators and ISPs. data centers, and hosting companies as well as corporate clients with their own autonomous systems.</p>

<h3>Reviews and benefits</h3>

<p>Younes Chaaban, Group CTO of Africell, said: &ldquo;The security of our customers is a top priority for Africell, which is why we are working with StormWall to harness the most advanced protection systems available today&quot;.</p>

<p>The company&rsquo;s expertise is providing the perfect solution to protecting our networks from DDoS attacks. SormWall is helping Africell ensure we can continue to grow our business without the fear of falling victim to a cyber-attack&rdquo;.</p>

<p>Ramil Khantimirov, CEO and co-founder of StormWall, added: &ldquo;Africell is one of Africa&rsquo;s leading telecom operators. The volume of traffic processed by them is huge, so protection from DDoS attacks is one of the key tasks of the company.</p>

<p>It was very important for us to gain the trust of Africell and provide our solution ensuring a high level of protection of the company&rsquo;s resources. Our professional solutions provide effective counter-measures against cybercriminals and we are happy to know that companies in Africa are aware of the need to use such methods of protection&rdquo;.</p>

<h2>Conclusion</h2>

<p>Cybercriminals have repeatedly attacked companies in Africa. Vulnerability is associated with weak security structures, lack of qualified personnel and insufficient awareness. As in the rest of the world, telecoms and ISPs on the African continent are constantly exposed to the risk that a DDoS attack could completely block the company&#39;s resources leaving millions of users without access to the Internet. As a result a company may suffer significant losses and damage to its reputation. That&rsquo;s why Africell&rsquo;s partnership with StormWall brings the availability of Internet in Africa to the next level.</p>

<p><a href="https://stormwall.network/network-protection">Learn more</a> about protecting your network from DDoS attacks with BGP tools.<br />
<a href="https://stormwall.network/clients">Other examples</a> of protection with StormWall solutions.</p>

StormWall protects Africell network with BGP from cybercrime in Africa

<p>Cloud solutions implement almost the same protection functionality as the on-premises ones. In addition to protection from packet attacks, anti-DDoS cloud service providers often offer services to protect websites from HTTP/HTTPS bot attacks, technical support and help during DDoS attacks.</p>

Explore advantages and disadvantages of cloud anti-DDoS services and see if such type of DDoS protection solutions fits you.

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<h1>Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Cloud solutions</h1>
<span>22 October 2020</span>

<p>Cloud solutions implement almost the same protection functionality as the on-premises ones. In addition to protection from packet attacks, anti-DDoS cloud service providers often offer services to protect websites from HTTP/HTTPS bot attacks, technical support and help during DDoS attacks.</p>

<h2>THE ADVANTAGES OF (QUALITY) CLOUD SOLUTIONS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Low cost - monthly subscription fee. There is usually no initial payment and no extra costs for hardware and software</li>
	<li>No need to hire and educate additional staff</li>
	<li>High filtration capacity</li>
	<li>Quick setup (from a few minutes)</li>
	<li>Supplier&rsquo;s expertise in mitigating attacks</li>
	<li>PoC (usually)</li>
	<li>Protection of websites and web applications (at the 7th layer of the OSI model)</li>
</ul>

<h2>LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Increased latency (traffic goes first to the filtering center, then to the client)</li>
	<li>Passing confidential and personal data through the cloud</li>
</ul>

<h2>FOR WHOM</h2>

<p>Cloud Solutions are optimal for SMBs.</p>

<p>Next time, we will talk about the last type of solutions - hybrid.</p>
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Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. On-premise

THE ADVANTAGES OF ON-PREMISE SOLUTIONS

LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS

FOR WHOM

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