The battle for availability has become a business issue, not just a security concern. With increasingly faster, shorter, and harder-to-detect DDoS attacks, keeping services online is less about “firefighting” and more about operating an infrastructure that must withstand constant pressure. In this context, Corero Network Security announced on February 10, 2026 a strategic alliance with EdgeUno to scale automated protection against DDoS as a managed service across Latin America.
According to information shared by both companies, the goal is to combine EdgeUno’s regional presence — a connectivity provider in the region — with Corero’s automated defense capabilities, aimed at maintaining performance and continuity even when malicious traffic tries to overload the network or take down critical applications.
“Always-on” availability in a region where uptime equals reputation
Practically, the approach addresses a reality well known to operators, e-commerce, media, fintech, and digital service providers: a outage is no longer measured just in minutes, but in loss of trust, revenue impact, and often brand damage. Corero emphasizes this by framing protection as a component of “service availability,” meaning service uptime as a core promise.
Corero’s CEO, Carl Herberger, summarized it clearly: for the customer, availability “is personal” because it affects reputation and business. The partnership with EdgeUno, he argued, aims to make protection quick when an attack hits and simple enough to trust daily.
From EdgeUno’s side, CEO Mehmet Akcin explained that the company chose Corero because they share the responsibility of keeping services available, with an approach that combines “performance and protection” to keep systems online when it matters most.
SmartWall ONE and phased deployment, starting with IP Transit
The solution relies on SmartWall ONE, Corero’s DDoS mitigation platform, offered as a fully managed service. The announcement details that deployment will happen in phases within EdgeUno’s customer base, beginning with IP Transit clients and expanding later to businesses and service providers that depend on a stable, consistent experience.
This distinction is important: in many environments, the challenge isn’t just to stop a traffic spike, but to do so without operational friction or forcing clients to manage complex tools. The promise of the “managed” model is exactly that: reducing internal security and operational burdens, with an anti-DDoS layer that acts automatically when an attack occurs.
Why the timing is significant: shorter, faster, and more “silent” attacks
Although the announcement is a commercial partnership, it comes at a time when the security sector has observed a shift in attack patterns: attacks that last less time but aim to cause damage with aggressive spikes and very brief windows. This style seeks to outperform defenses that are slow or reliant on manual intervention, because by the time teams react, the reputational damage is already done.
Therefore, the agreement emphasizes automation and real-time response. The takeaway is straightforward: if an attack resembles a “whiplash,” the defense must be equally immediate to prevent service degradation, anomalies, or total outages.
What this can mean for clients: fewer outages and less operational burden
The service aims to deliver three direct benefits:
- Continuity during DDoS attacks through automated mitigation.
- More stable application performance by preventing malicious traffic from degrading user experience.
- Protection without adding operational workload by being a managed service, not a platform the client must operate.
In Latin America, where large digital markets coexist with very diverse connectivity realities, these “invisible” layers of resilience are especially valuable for companies that cannot afford outages but also lack the capacity to run a round-the-clock SOC or security engineering team.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is a DDoS attack and why does it impact digital companies so much?
A DDoS aims to flood services with massive traffic to cause slowdowns or outages. In e-commerce, digital banking, media, or SaaS, the impact can be immediate: lost sales, disrupted operations, and reputational damage.
What does it mean that mitigation is “automated” and “real-time”?
That the defense can detect and respond with minimal human intervention. This is crucial when attacks are very short and aggressive: if response takes minutes, damage or downtime may already have occurred.
What advantages does a managed anti-DDoS service have over in-house operation?
It reduces internal team workload, simplifies operation, and often improves response times. For many organizations, outsourcing this layer allows focusing on product and business while maintaining protection.
Who in Latin America might find this partnership particularly interesting?
Connectivity clients, digital service providers, and companies with critical traffic (fintech, online gaming, marketplaces, media, SaaS) that require constant availability and want to avoid operational complexity.
via: corero