Google Offers Free DDoS Protection for U.S. Political Organizations

guest · May 17, 2018

Google Offers Free DDoS Protection for U.S. Political Organizations
Jigsaw, an incubator run by Google parent Alphabet, this week announced the availability of Project Shield – which offers free distributed denial of service (DDoS) protections – for the U.S. political community.
May 17, 2018
https://www.securityweek.com/google-offers-free-ddos-protection-us-political-organizations

The free service is offered in response to an increase in the frequency and intensity of digital attacks against democratic institutions in the United States and globally. Threat actors flood computer systems and servers with traffic to silence political speech and prevent voters from accessing the information they need.

“Any political organization, regardless of size or significance, is potentially at risk. It’s critical to provide support to those smaller, more vulnerable political groups that don’t have the financial or technical resources to do it themselves. Project Shield helps ensure that any eligible organization can be protected from a range of digital attacks — for free,” Conard says.

Jigsaw is committed to working with U.S. political organizations of all sizes to ensure that every one of them, regardless of their resources, can stay safe online. In the coming months, the protections will be expanded to international political organizations as well.
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guest · Jan 29, 2019

Google's Jigsaw is giving European politicians free DDoS protection
January 28, 2019
https://www.engadget.com/2019/01/29/google-jigsaw-project-shield-europe-ddos-protection/

Political organizations in Europe can now get free protection from web flooding attacks from Google's cybersecurity incubator Jigsaw.
For the first time, European operators will be able to use Project Shield, a tool that helps protect political operations and websites from being taken offline by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

The primary goal of Project Shield is to make sure no one can take down a website that might have vital information for an upcoming election. That includes sites for news publications, journalists, human rights groups, and elections monitoring services.
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