Leading Korean University Deploys IntelliGuard’s DDoS solution to protect its network

26 Jun 2008 - IntelliGuard today announced that Chungnam National University (CNU), one of the most prestigious centers of higher education in Korea, has purchased and deployed IntelliGuard’s DDoS Protection System to protect its campus network.

CNU chose IntelliGuard’s solution to protect against DDoS attacks as well as detect Zombie PCs on the campus network. The IntelliGuard DPS will greatly reduce the burden of managing their strict ACL policies, while the DPS reporting system provides vital information to manage the campus network. Immediately upon installation, by its ability to automatically detect and protect all IP addresses within the University, IntelliGuard’s DPS identified and established controls for traffic from bot infected computers within the University which it was not aware of.

The purchase decision was made by CNU’s Internet Intrusion Response Technology Research Center (IIRTRC). Professor of Computer Engineering Mr. Taeck-Geun Kwon who explained: “We chose the IntelliGuard DDoS Protection System for a number of reasons in addition to its DDoS protection capabilities. Our very strict ACL policies have become harder and harder to manage due to the number of exception rules. With the IntelliGuard DPS’ intelligent traffic pattern training features, we can reduce this management effort. Another vital factor was performance. In the past we have suffered performance degradation from security equipment including firewalls and IPS. The most important thing for us was a system that would not degrade packet forwarding performance.”

“In addition to automatic DDoS attack protection, CNU wanted to monitor individual traffic to each of their servers and identify precisely which are being attacked at any time. Only IntelliGuard’s Multi-Level Traffic Management system could do this for them,” noted Mr Stephen Kim, IntelliGuard Director of Sales, Korea. “They were impressed by the reporting features, and will use the information to reduce security management overhead. Universities such as CNU of Korea face unique and complex security challenges, often with large dispersed networks with tens of thousands of PCs that are frequently compromised by hackers. IntelliGuard has a powerful solution for protecting and managing traffic in and out of such complex networks, and I think many of these universities would be surprised to learn how much it could help them.”

About CNU

Chungnam National University (CNU), established in 1952, with over 1000 teaching staff and 30,000 students, 13 faculties, and 62 research institutes, is one of the most prestigious centers of higher education in Korea. CNU provides the best possible research and education environment thanks to the presence of organizations such as the Daedeok R&D Special District, the Multifunctional Administrative City, the Daejeon Government Complex, and the Headquarters of the Korean Army, Air Force, and Navy.

About IntelliGuard

IntelliGuard is the leading provider of DDoS protection systems. IntelliGuard DPS series provides comprehensive DDoS protection, while the complementary Reporting System provides full-featured reporting for historical network views of traffic flows and incidents. IntelliGuard is a VC-backed privately held company headquartered in Melbourne, Australia, with offices in Hong Kong, Shanghai, and Seoul. The IntelliGuard DPS appliances are available from prices starting at US$45,000 for 1Gbps models. For more information, please visit www.IntelliGuardit.net.