National Gallery Australia
How Australia's National Gallery achieved government security compliance with advanced bot management, DDoS protection, and content scraping controls whilst improving digital visitor experience.
Technical Deep Dive
Explore the cybersecurity challenges, innovative solutions, and measurable outcomes.
The Security Challenge
ANALYSIS
Increasing cybersecurity threats targeting a critical national cultural institution.
Existing international security provider was failing to deliver adequate protection.
Vulnerability to bot attacks, content scraping, and potential DDoS threats.
Multiple microsites on different technology stacks created a large attack surface.
Peakhour's Solution
IMPLEMENTATION
Implementation of Peakhour's comprehensive Application Security Platform.
Multi-layered security including advanced rate limiting, intelligent bot management, and DDoS protection.
LLM scraping controls to protect valuable digital art metadata.
Content mounting feature to consolidate and secure all microsites under a single domain.
Intelligent image optimisation to reduce file sizes without sacrificing quality for authorised users.
The Results
MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
Successfully blocked thousands of malicious bot requests and prevented vulnerability scanning.
Mitigated multiple DDoS attacks, ensuring the gallery's digital presence remained online.
Achieved a ~48% reduction in image file sizes for general visitors, improving page load times.
Strengthened security posture by consolidating microsites, improving SEO, and simplifying management.
Met Australian Government mandates for comprehensive security on all .gov.au websites.
Client Success Story
Real results from cybersecurity leaders
"There's so many American technology companies that do feel the need to cater to clients outside the US. As a national body, we felt it important to seek out local expertise, and to partner with companies that were interested in supporting our specific goal as a national cultural institution with a large digital footprint."
Peakhour Solutions Deployed
This case study showcases the integrated power of our comprehensive cybersecurity and performance platform.
Application Security
SECURITY MODULE
A comprehensive security platform providing protection against a wide range of cyber threats.
Bot Management
SECURITY MODULE
Intelligent bot detection to distinguish between legitimate users and automated threats, preventing scraping and other malicious activity.
DDoS Protection
SECURITY MODULE
Robust DDoS mitigation to protect against volumetric and application-layer attacks, ensuring website availability.
Image Optimisation
SECURITY MODULE
Automatic image compression and format conversion to reduce page weight and improve load times.
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