Prolexic
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Information Technology & Services |
| Founded | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Hollywood, Florida, USA |
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Worldwide |
| Parent | Akamai Technologies |
| Website | www |
Prolexic Technologies, is a subsidiary of Akamai and is a U.S.-based provider of security solutions for protecting web sites, data centers and enterprise IP applications from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks at the network, transport, and application layers. Prolexic operates a DDoS mitigation platform and a global network of traffic scrubbing centers. Real-time monitoring and mitigation services are provided from a 24/7 security operations center (SOC). Prolexic says its DDoS mitigation services make websites, data centers and enterprise IP applications harder to take down via DDoS attacks.
In 2003 Prolexic Technologies was founded by Barrett Lyon and was the subject of a book Fatal System Error by Joseph Menn. Prolexic protects organizations in the following markets: airlines/hospitality, e-commerce, energy, financial services, gambling, gaming, public sector, and software as a service. Sony is said to be a customer of the company. Prolexic claims some of the largest banks as its clients.
In 2005, the company was named one of the 100 Hottest Private Companies in North America by Red Herring.
In 2011, Prolexic indicated it secured Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) level 2 compliance certification from the PCI Security Standards Council, which would speed deployment of remediation for compliant organizations during encrypted Application Layer 7 DDoS attacks.
In 2011 Prolexic CEO Scott Hammack and President Stuart Scholly both joined the company.
Prolexic was acquired by Internet content delivery network Akamai Technologies in a $370 million deal completed in February 2014.
In 2011, Prolexic completed two financing rounds led by Kennet Partners totaling in $15.9 million.
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