Combating Cyber Threats: SOFTSWISS and Cloudflare Share Their Experience
SOFTSWISS, a trusted iGaming software provider, has collaborated with Cloudflare, Inc., a leading connectivity cloud company, to share their insights on defending against and preventing cyber threats. This collaboration aims to enhance the safety of the iGaming industry.
The Challenges Faced by iGaming Stakeholders
The iGaming industry faces various cyber security challenges, including frequent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and malicious bot activities. The primary targets of these attacks are financial data and personally identifiable information (PII).
SOFTSWISS’s Comprehensive Strategy
To address these challenges, SOFTSWISS implements a comprehensive strategy that includes adapting to evolving threats, fostering internal vigilance, prioritizing response and continuity plans, investing in advanced skills, and promoting proactive communication and transparency following incidents.
The Partnership with Cloudflare
As SOFTSWISS’s user base expands, they have migrated a portion of their security infrastructure to Cloudflare’s comprehensive suite of tools. Leveraging Cloudflare’s global network, SOFTSWISS has experienced up to a 20% performance improvement in traffic from its EU-based data center to remote regions such as Southeast Asia and South America. The partnership with Cloudflare has helped SOFTSWISS grow their business, as highlighted in a case study describing their experience combating shared threats.
SOFTSWISS’s Deputy CTO’s Perspective
Sergey Kastukevich, Deputy CTO at SOFTSWISS, emphasizes the importance of a reliable partner like Cloudflare in ensuring the safety of their products and effectively fighting threats. By acting as the sole entry point to their network infrastructure, Cloudflare protects SOFTSWISS from various attacks, particularly at the network and transport layers. This protection allows SOFTSWISS to focus their security efforts on fewer attack vectors, freeing up resources to enhance their products for clients.
Cloudflare’s Perspective
Andy Lockhart, VP EMEA at Cloudflare, highlights the necessity for businesses operating in the iGaming, sports betting, and online gambling industry to implement a solid and holistic connected performance and cybersecurity solution. Cloudflare, in the fourth quarter of 2023, blocked an average of 182 billion cyber threats each day globally.
Maintaining High Standards
SOFTSWISS maintains the highest standards for its products, ensuring their security and demonstrating their high quality. As an ISO-27001 certified company, SOFTSWISS also received GLI-19 and GLI-33 certifications for its Casino Platform and Sportsbook last year.
About SOFTSWISS
SOFTSWISS is an international tech company that provides software solutions for managing iGaming projects. The company, with over 2,000 employees, is based in Malta, Poland, and Georgia. SOFTSWISS holds gaming licenses and offers one-stop-shop iGaming software solutions, including the Online Casino Platform, the Game Aggregator with thousands of casino games, the Affilka affiliate platform, the Sportsbook Platform, and the Jackpot Aggregator. In 2013, SOFTSWISS was the first in the world to introduce a Bitcoin-optimized online casino solution.
