Project Shield
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| Founded | 2013[1] |
|---|---|
| Website | projectshield |
Project Shield is a free service providing protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. This service is offered by Jigsaw, a subsidiary of Google, to websites that have "media, elections, and human rights related content."[2] The main goal of the project is to serve "small, under-resourced news sites that are vulnerable to the web's growing epidemic of DDOS attacks", according to team lead George Conard.[3]
Google initially announced Project Shield at their Ideas Conference on October 21, 2013.[2] The service was initially only offered to trusted testers, but on February 25, 2016, Google opened up the service to any qualifying website a Google-owned reverse proxy that identifies and filters malicious traffic.[4] In May 2018, Jigsaw announced that it would start offering free protection from distributed denial of service attacks to US political campaigns, candidates, and political action committees.[5][6]
In January 2019, Google's Jigsaw expanded Project Shield to offer free DDoS protection to political organizations and websites in Europe, ahead of the 2019 European Parliament elections.[7]
References
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- ^ a b "Google launches new anti-DDoS service called 'Project Shield'". The Verge. 21 October 2013. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Google Wants to Save News Sites From Cyberattacks—For Free". WIRED. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Google's Project Shield helps any news site beat DDoS attacks". Engadget. Retrieved 2016-03-12.
- ^ "Alphabet's Project Shield expands DDoS protection to politics". Engadget. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ "Jigsaw's Project Shield Will Protect Campaigns From Online Attacks". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
- ^ "Google's Jigsaw is giving European politicians free DDoS protection". Engadget. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2024-07-01.
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