Compare Akamai Prolexic vs. Lumen DDoS Mitigation Services

Akamai Prolexic is a DDoS protection solution that helps organizations protect internet-facing infrastructure from attacks that can cause outages, service degradation, and network congestion. The platform supports cloud, on-premises, and hybrid deployments and can operate continuously or be activated on demand depending on an organization's requirements. Incoming traffic is routed through Prolexic, where mitigation controls inspect traffic, identify malicious activity, remove attack traffic, and forward clean traffic to the customer's infrastructure. Akamai provides 32 global anycast scrubbing centers and more than 20 Tbps of dedicated DDoS defense capacity within its broader network infrastructure of more than 1 Pbps. Prolexic includes dynamic mitigation controls for IPv4 and IPv6 traffic, network-wide access control lists, and firewall capabilities through Prolexic Network Cloud Firewall. Organizations can also use Prolexic over Akamai Direct Connect to establish private, high-performance connectivity between their origins and Akamai's DDoS protection infrastructure. Akamai provides a 100% Prolexic platform availability SLA and a zero-second mitigation SLA, with 24/7/365 support and optional managed security operations services. The service is backed by more than 225 frontline Security Operations Command Center defenders who assist customers before, during, and after attacks. Prolexic is intended for enterprises, network operators, cloud and hosting companies, and SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS providers requiring high-capacity DDoS protection across distributed infrastructure.

The occurrence of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is on the rise, with 53 percent of organizations indicating they experience over 51 attacks monthly, an increase from 44 percent the previous year. Sectors such as Financial Services, Hosting/E-Commerce, and Government are particularly vulnerable targets. To effectively combat the increasingly advanced DDoS attacks, organizations, regardless of their Internet service provider, need high-capacity scrubbing centers that are regionally distributed, coupled with network controls to minimize latency and ensure optimal performance. To address and mitigate the impact of these traffic flood attacks that seek to incapacitate servers, applications, websites, and networks, the Lumen DDoS Mitigation Service offers a robust cloud-based solution that can absorb harmful traffic through numerous globally positioned scrubbing centers during an attack, directing only legitimate traffic to the customer's public-facing addresses. This capability allows organizations to maintain their online presence and service availability even in the face of relentless cyber threats.