DigiCert was not satisfied with their previous DDoS mitigation solution on AWS as it excessively scrubbed traffic and blocked legitimate traffic. They needed a new security solution that provided both WAF protection and DDoS mitigation across their hybrid environment. They wanted to automate the security process as much as possible and reduce false positives.

In the current era of data breaches, the customer needed to enhance their data security credentials to win a contract with a major financial institution. They also needed to comply with security policies, establish controls for offshore initiatives, and achieve secure data reproduction and integrated masking across multiple databases.

DigiCert was using another vendor for DDoS mitigation on AWS, but they were not satisfied with the offering as it excessively scrubbed traffic and blocked legitimate traffic. They needed a new security solution that could manage risk, monitor all traffic, and only allow valid traffic to access their applications. They also wanted to automate as much of the security process as possible.