Since 1 January 2024, we have introduced our Smart Cloudflare product! This step is an integral part of our efforts to provide our customers with the most secure and reliable service environment.
Why was the introduction of Smart Cloudflare necessary?
In recent years, we have seen a worrying trend in the frequency and intensity of cyberattacks. In particular, the first half of 2023 recorded 7.9 million DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks worldwide, an increase of 31% compared to the previous year. In Germany alone, 242,784 DDoS attacks were registered. Our cloud services, which play a key role in the provision of our solutions, are at the centre of these attacks.
What is the solution?
The security and integrity of your data and our shared IT infrastructure is our top priority. To fulfil this responsibility, we have decided to invest in an enhanced security architecture. We implemented Cloudflare, a very cost-intensive but state-of-the-art and comprehensive security software that has been specially developed to effectively ward off such attacks and reliably protect the systems.
What data protection rules must be observed?
As part of its ISO 27001 certification, SMART CJM optimises the level of security and availability in many areas. Availability and resilience (GDPR Art. 32 para. 1 lit b) has been strengthened for all SaaS instances since 1 January 2024 by delivering the websites via the Cloudflare CDN (Content Distribution Network). This makes DOS/DDOS considerably more difficult and increases the availability of the systems through the CDN.