How Cloudflare is Powering Handelsblatt Media Group’s Digital Transformation
Company Size
1,000+
Region
- Europe
Country
- Germany
Product
- Cloudflare’s web application firewall (WAF)
- Cloudflare’s DDoS protection
- Cloudflare Workers
- Cloudflare’s Argo Smart Routing
Tech Stack
- Cloudflare
- APIs
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Digital Expertise
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Cloud Security
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
- Networks & Connectivity - Network Management & Analysis Software
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
About The Customer
The Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG) is the leading media house for business and financial information in Germany. The Düsseldorf-based media group was founded in 1946 and stands for well-founded, independent quality journalism. With its decision-maker media properties including Handelsblatt and WirtschaftsWoche, HMG reaches more than two million readers. HMG also serves large businesses through a variety of subsidiaries, offering marketing expertise, a corporate content agency, and more. As a marquee media property, HMG regularly faces concerted online attacks from hostile actors.
The Challenge
Handelsblatt Media Group (HMG), a leading media house for business and financial information in Germany, was facing significant challenges with online attacks from hostile actors. These attacks were causing major issues, including overwhelming HMG's origin server multiple times over several weeks, rendering the site inaccessible. This was eroding the trust of their readers and causing erratic website reliability. With no signs of the attacks abating, HMG needed to find a solution that could not only mitigate these hostile attacks but also provide benefits to performance, reliability, operational efficiency, and cost.
The Solution
HMG’s Digital Products & Development team evaluated a variety of cloud platforms and decided that Cloudflare was the clear choice. After a swift migration from a legacy cloud vendor, HMG enabled Cloudflare’s web application firewall (WAF) and DDoS protection to thwart hostile actors, and its reliability issues immediately ceased. Cloudflare’s firewall is continuously and automatically updated against the latest threats, using insights from attacks on any one property to better protect them all. HMG also leveraged Cloudflare’s deep API support, which enabled them to programmatically configure a wide array of Cloudflare products and features. This ability to define its infrastructure with code has empowered HMG to reduce dependencies, better leverage automation, and transition to a continuous deployment process that markedly accelerates its development pipeline.
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