Company History
The company was founded by Barrett Lyon in 2003 to provide attack defenses predominately to the online gaming industry. At that time, it was the industry that received the highest volume of DDoS attacks. The company currently protects clients in the following markets: airlines/hospitality, e-commerce, financial services, gambling, gaming, public sector, and software as a service. Sony is said to be a customer of the company.
Prolexic CEO Scott Hammock and President Stuart Scholly both joined the company in 2011.
In 2011, Prolexic said it secured Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) level 2 compliance certification from the PCI Security Standards Council, which would speed deployment of remediation for compliant organizations during encrypted Application Layer 7 DDoS attacks.
In 2005, the company was named one of the 100 Hottest Private Companies in North America by Red Herring.
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