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April 2, 2003 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — WorldCom (worldcom.com) announced yesterday that it received top honors from the SANS Institute (sans.org) for its superior performance in protecting the company’s IP network, as well as its track record of success in responding
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and rapidly resolving major IP network security incidents and threats for
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its customers.
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“In fighting the epidemic of distributed denial of service attacks on the
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Internet, very few Internet service providers have the technical talent and
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tools needed to protect their clients. The Award for Leadership in
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Mitigating Denial of Service Attacks recognizes the firm that best
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exemplifies leadership in this difficult area,” said Alan Paller, director
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of research for the SANS Institute. “When a worm is spreading through the
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Internet, only instant action by ISPs can protect large numbers of potential
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victims. The Award for Leadership in Rapid Response to Worm Activity
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recognizes the firm that has shown the fastest, highest-impact response to a
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major worm.”
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The SANS Institute, which awards innovative and resourceful companies for
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their extraordinary leadership in the Network Security field, has presented
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WorldCom with two key Information Security Leadership Awards in the Internet
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Service Provider (ISP) category. WorldCom and its security team received the
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Award for Leadership in Mitigating Denial of Service Attacks for its
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proactive efforts in developing new and aggressive techniques to identify
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and block Distributed Denial of Service attacks (DDOS) against its
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customers. WorldCom also received the Award for Leadership in Rapid Response
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to Worm Activity for its security team’s quick and decisive work in decoding
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and halting the CodeRed and SQLSlammer worms.
