Google opened up Project Shield this week (24 February), a free tool that offers independent news organisations security against traffic attacks.
Project Shield originally launched in 2013 to offer select organisations the same Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS_ protection used by Google itself, but now that offering is available to all businesses.
Project Shield works by using a technology called a reverse proxy, which lets Google identify and stop “bad traffic” before it reaches a business’ server.
DDoS attacks are an increasing threat to news sites, and Google opened up Project Shield in response to industry demand for better security, confirmed Read full story ›
Source: The Drum
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