Here's a look at how we successfully thwarted all attempts to breach our perimeter, and intruder activity during the Tour de France. Between March and July 2015, we saw a 56% increase in reconnaissance scans targeting Dimension Data's website - none were successful.

1. Strengthening cybersecurity
at the Tour de France
The partnership between Dimension Data,
A.S.O., and the Tour de France
was announced in March 2015
Targeted systems
and resulted in
increased intruder activity.
reconnaissance scans for
weaknesses in the security perimeter
reconnaissance scans specifically
targeting dimensiondata.com
increase in reconnaissance
scans after big brand activation
4,536,398
56%
10,680,106
is one of the places where
intruders may look for access to
public website
sensitive information
that may not be generally available.
Dimension Data’s
Who was intruding on what?
Rise in
defences
Before the
Tour de France
During the
Tour de France
• information infrastructure was re-certified against
a stronger security standard
• transition from ISO 27001:2005 to ISO 27001:2013
• security consultants undertook penetration testing
of Dimension Data website and blog
• ensured that adequate controls were in place
• 24/7 monitoring and alerting service – Managed Security Services:
- managed firewall
- managed security information and event management
- managed intrusion prevention system
China: 28%
US: 35%
Where was this reconnaissance activity coming from?
IP addresses registered in
the following countries:
Between March and July 2015, the end of the Tour de France
@DiDataSecurity www.dimensiondata.com/tourdefrance/casestudy Dimension Data Security
Foiling
cyberattacks
March to July 2015
1, 716 deliberate cyberattacks on
network perimeter stopped
100% system availability
25%
of deliberate cyberattacks from
IP addresses registered in the US
61%
of attacks targeted the backend
database looking for information
China: 28%China: 28%China: 28%
Increased activity
from France, the
Netherlands, and
Germany