Spectrum Business wins Radware's US managed DDoS partner award

Radware (NASDAQ: RDWR) has named Spectrum Business its US Managed Security Services Partner of the Year, citing the broadband provider's expansion of managed distributed denial-of-service protection services built on Radware's SecureLink and Cloud Always-On DDoS Protection platforms.

Spectrum Business, the enterprise and mid-market division of Charter Communications' Spectrum brand, packages the DDoS protection on a per-circuit basis alongside its existing internet connectivity products. The model is designed to make enterprise-grade protection accessible to organisations of all sizes, from small businesses to large enterprise customers. Spectrum's parent network reaches nearly 59 million homes and businesses across 41 US states, giving the offering a substantial potential addressable base.

Keith Dardis, executive vice president of Spectrum Business, said the partnership had produced a security capability that customers could deploy at scale without significant operational complexity. "Together, we've delivered a scalable, easy-to-use security capability that helps customers strengthen their cyber resilience," Dardis said.

The commercial model

The per-circuit packaging model is a notable structural choice. Rather than selling DDoS protection as a standalone security product, Spectrum Business bundles it with connectivity, reducing procurement friction for customers and creating an upsell pathway within existing broadband contracts. For Radware, the arrangement provides distribution at a scale that a direct enterprise sales motion would struggle to replicate independently.

Roy Zisapel, president and chief executive of Radware, said the Spectrum Business team had "delivered strong value for customers and growth for their managed security services business," and indicated that the companies intend to continue expanding the partnership.

Radware's cloud DDoS service uses behavioural algorithms to distinguish malicious traffic from legitimate requests in real time. The company describes the system as adapting defences dynamically to counter sophisticated volumetric and application-layer attacks, though independent benchmark comparisons for detection accuracy or mitigation latency were not included in the announcement.

Market context

The managed DDoS protection market sits within a broader wave of telco-adjacent managed security services, as connectivity providers seek to move up the value chain beyond bandwidth. Competitors in the US carrier-delivered security space include AT&T Cybersecurity, Lumen Technologies and Comcast Business, all of which have expanded security portfolios in recent years. Pure-play DDoS specialists such as Akamai, Cloudflare and Imperva also compete for enterprise wallet share, often via direct cloud-native delivery rather than telco bundling.

Demand for DDoS mitigation has risen sharply as attack volumes and complexity have increased, driven in part by the growing availability of DDoS-for-hire services and the use of IoT botnets for amplification attacks. Enterprises in financial services, gaming, media and critical infrastructure are among the most active buyers of always-on scrubbing services.

From a regulatory standpoint, managed security services delivered over US carrier infrastructure may attract additional scrutiny as the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency continues to develop sector-specific guidance under the Cyber Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act. The extent to which Spectrum Business customers in regulated industries can use the service to satisfy compliance requirements will depend on how Radware's platform is assessed against frameworks such as NIST CSF and, for federal-adjacent workloads, FedRAMP.

The award designation itself carries no independently verified performance criteria, and neither company disclosed revenue figures, customer counts or growth rates for the managed DDoS product line. Analysts and procurement teams will want to see those metrics before drawing broader conclusions about the partnership's commercial scale.