Client Pain Points
As one of the most popular sites online, understandably it receives a high volume of daily traffic. The
site currently serves more than 300,000 page views daily (on average) and a monthly total exceeding 9
million. It is no simple task to build an infrastructure able to sustain a site.
Maintaining functionality, speed and availability in the face of attacks is a separate set of hurdles
altogether.
This site was no exception to the rule. Over time, the site’s traffic began to present its own share of
challenges. Serious challenges.
In addition to suffering DDoS attacks, there was the issue of brute force attempts. The issue is so
prevalent among the WordPress community.
SandSberg tracked more than 1 billion brute force attempts on WordPress websites. The increased
server load and consistent attacks weighed heavily on the site and caused performance problems that
required the attention of a specialist and a large amount of Client’s valuable time in direct
management.
SansBerg Engagement Results
Sandsberg Advanced Intelligent Web Threat Analyzer identified:
- Top 5 blocked occurrences like: Spam Comments, ~70,986 (39%); DDOS attempts, ~27,907
(15%); Bad Bot access, ~18,565 (10%); Brute Force attempts, ~15,047 (8%); Evasion
attempts ~10,575 (5.8%).
- All attempts were successfully thwarted after implementation of Sandsberg Website Security.