Corero, the distributed denial of service ("DDoS") protection specialists, is pleased to announce the first two customer wins adopting CORE (Corero Observability and Resiliency Ecosystem) architecture – Corero’s next-generation platform designed to unify visibility and defensive action across disparate security infrastructure.
First announced on 29 October 2024, the CORE platform initial capabilities include Traffic Analysis (“TA”), Zero Trust Access Control (“ZTAC”) and Layer 7 DDoS protection (“L7”). These capabilities are focused on operational resilience and sit adjacent to Corero’s traditional DDoS protection market product suite.
Expansion of TierPoint partnership
New capability will be integrated into TierPoint’s broader security platform, enhancing its ability to protect enterprise
Corero has agreed a $1.5 million expansion of its partnership with TierPoint, a pioneering provider of secure, connected data center and cloud solutions. The agreement marks the introduction of Corero’s new CORE L7 (application-layer) DDoS protection, co-developed with TierPoint and designed to defend against modern, complex threats without the bloat of traditional web application firewalls.
Unlike legacy Web Application Firewalls that attempt to be all things to all users, Corero’s L7 protection takes a focused, operational-first approach – offering targeted defenses against volumetric and protocol-specific attacks at the application layer without unnecessary complexity or latency. The new capability will be integrated into TierPoint’s broader security platform, enhancing its ability to protect enterprise customers operating in hybrid and multi-cloud environments.
Cooper health agreement
Corero has also secured a new CORE partnership with Cooper University Health Care (“Cooper Health”), a pioneering academic health system based in Camden, New Jersey.
This three-year, $0.3 million agreement includes the deployment of Corero’s new ZTAC capabilities, which will provide cybersecurity protection to Cooper Health’s extensive online infrastructure, including almost 14,000 employees across three hospitals.
Resilience and safeguarding remote environments
The deployment marks the first implementation of ZTAC, which has been developed to ensure that only verified users
The deployment marks the first implementation of ZTAC, which has been developed to ensure that only verified users and devices access critical infrastructure by enhancing operational resilience and safeguarding remote environments by enforcing authentication at the network edge.
These CORE customer wins, and initial expansion outside of Corero’s market-pioneering DDoS expertise, further demonstrates the growing need for comprehensive cybersecurity solutions in an ever-evolving threat landscape.
Corero’s technical leadership
Carl Herberger, Chief Executive Officer at Corero, commented: “We are delighted to have secured our first CORE deployments, reinforcing our strategy to develop complementary products alongside our DDoS portfolio, and exemplifying Corero’s technical leadership in this field."
"Our close working partnership with the TierPoint security team has helped us design a Layer-7 defense that reflects what organizations actually need today: precision, speed, and adaptability. Our collaboration has resulted in an important milestone for CORE, creating a future-ready ecosystem that we believe will bring unified observability and orchestration to DDoS defense.”
Adopting zero trust frameworks
Herberger added: “We are also delighted to be able to announce another CORE deployment win with such a fantastic partner in Cooper Health. Healthcare environments are increasingly targeted by sophisticated threats, and network access control is a critical first line of defense."
"We are proud to partner with Cooper Health as it leads the way in adopting zero trust frameworks to protect infrastructure and ensure continuous availability of care-critical systems.”