Go Daddy Online Security Team Wins Global Award for Excellence

Wireless News
02-21-2011
Go Daddy Online Security Team Wins Global Award for Excellence
Type: News

Go Daddy announced it was recognized for having the IT industry's "Best Security Team" at the 14th annual SC Magazine Awards in San Francisco.

The Go Daddy IT Security Team helps protect more than 46 million domain names under management, more than 8.8 million customers, and is the authoritative DNS for one-third of the Internet, ensuring a safe online experience for users across the globe.
In its six years of operation, the Go Daddy IT Security Team has matured from one person to more than 50. The security team works around the clock, running network and security operations centers, and monitoring 100,000 security events per second. Dedicated team members are constantly monitoring for attacks or anomalies across Go Daddy's systems, proactively detecting threats and working swiftly to eliminate them.

"Millions of people depend on Go Daddy to be their personal IT security department, which allows customers to focus on building their businesses and enhancing their Web presence," explained Go Daddy CEO and Founder Bob Parsons. "Go Daddy is working hard all day, every day, to protect our customers' websites and it's an honor to see our IT Security Team recognized with this award from SC Magazine."

One strategy for security effectiveness is the team's recurring Go Daddy "Hackfest" event, which takes place internally. The team works with developers from departments inside Go Daddy. The event proactively seeks out product vulnerabilities. The approach not only secures Go Daddy products, but also familiarizes the rest of the company with security processes.

Go Daddy is a provider of services that enable individuals and businesses to establish, maintain and evolve an online presence. Go Daddy provides a variety of domain name registration plans and website design and hosting packages, as well as a broad array of on- demand services. These include products such as SSL Certificates, Domains by Proxy private registration, ecommerce website hosting, blog templates and blog software, podcast packages and online photo hosting.

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