Corero is focused on security solutions to mitigate DDoS attacks. Corero has defined the market for on premises First Line of Defense and
have developed the following key competitive advantages:

Real-time protection:
Blocks both network-layer flooding attacks,
as well as the more difficult to detect, low
and slow application-layer attacks.

Unrivalled analytics:
and security event reporting
Sophisticated security event data
presented in dashboards of actionable
security intelligence.

Industry-leading density,
scalability and performance:
Protection is provided through configurable
access policies with scalability from
10Gbps to 1Tbps in a single rack.

Granular configuration
of security policies:
Allows legitimate traffic to pass
while blocking unwanted traffic.

Broad security coverage:
Inspection of every packet and every
flow (using Deep Packet Inspection).

Purpose-built security appliance:
High performance traffic inspection using
a multi-core processor architecture.

Powerful centralised management:
Facilitates configuring, controlling, and
monitoring all SmartWall TDS appliances
from a central location.

Single solution:
Family of SmartWall TDS appliances
delivers comprehensive DDoS protection,
forensics analysis and network resiliency.

As you can see from the previous post, with the Directors and Managment having such a large stake in the company (which is a condiderable amount of money), they have got a very big incentive to make this work.

Market Capitalisation (115,637,416 shares) = £15,900,144

Net cash = $6.0 million (£3.85m) at 31 December 2014

No debts

Forecast to be loss making this financial year (loss -1.95p) according to Fincap.

But I am hopeful of a lesser loss than forecast, based in part to a combination of factors:

1/ High growth within their market (DDos Mitigation forecast 66% growth upto 2018 - $1.5 billion market in 2018).

2/ New multi award winning product/service (SmartWall TDS).

3/ Collaboration with Verisign (a world leading internet security company).

4/ Directors & Management show their faith in the company by purchasing more than £2m shares, in a share placing at 15p per share (15.12.2014)
and now hold 40.8% shares in the company.

5/ Richard John Koch (early stage investor) further increases his shareholding in CNS to 13,891,000 shares / 12% of company (02.03.2015).

6/ Cash on the books = $6m (£3.85m) at 31 December 2015.

7/ No debts.

8/ Small market capitulation at less than £16m.

9/ Will only need to win a small portion (but larger than as of present) of a large fast growing market to break-even.


Minus points:

1/ Loss making due to small market share within its market place.

2/ Cash burn due to Research & Development to stay ahead of the competition.



(just my opinion and please DYOR)


Corero will be helped by the (vastly) increasing DDos attacks on their end users
and according to Infonetics Research;
the - DDos Mitigation - security market is forecast to be a high growth market of 66% up to 2018, by which time it is forecast to be a $1.5 billion market.

So Corero is in a sweet spot for the next few years with the DDos Mitigation security market.


Corero should start to be getting an extra push and get some momentum behind them with selling their new (award winning SmartWall TDS device) DDos Mitigation security services, due in part to their recent collaboration with Verisign.

With which they may just be on the cusp of achieving with their major achievement (for a small company) of Integrating with Verisign (a world leading internet domain & security company) OpenHybrid.

This integration combines on-premises technology from Corero Network Security to defeat sub-saturating DDoS attacks alongside cloud-based DDoS Protection Service from Verisign for high volume and complex application layer attacks that exceed the customer's network and resource capacity. Together, these solutions are designed to provide Internet-dependent organizations with scalable DDoS protection capabilities.

Verisign said this about Corero:
"Corero's work to integrate with Verisign's OpenHybrid APIs has been exceptional," said Danny McPherson, senior vice president and chief security officer at Verisign. "This integration enables customers to stay ahead of the DDoS challenge through a combined, always-on hybrid DDoS solution based on open standards."

The AGM will be held at the offices of FinnCap Ltd, 60 New Broad Street, London, EC2M 1JJ, on 17 June 2015 at 9.30 a.m.


Further info:
•Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014

page 65/66/67

Looking at last two year's RNS releases for Corero, there has been a Trading Update in mid July.
Hence reckon we are due a Trading update in approx 4 weeks time in mid July.

Found this a couple of weeks ago - for anyone that may be interested,

Within the BLACKROCK SMALLER COMPANIES TRUST Portfolio Holdings,
It states that:

As at 31 March 2015
The Market Value of
Corero Network Security is £91,075 within the fund.

Now £91,075 = 809,555 shares at 11.25p share price (at 31 March 2015).
That is less than 1% of the issued share capital of CNS.

Blackrock were holding 4,262,067 shares (3.7%) as at 25 March 2015 (from the Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2014).

I have not seen any “Holdings in Company” RNS stating that Blackrock have reduced their share holdings in CNS. But would not be surprised if their share holdings were reduced to zero shortly.
Explains the large seller of late.

Click on web links below for further information,

Portfolio Holdings (click on link below):
http://www.blackrock.com/uk/intermediaries/literature/fund-update/brsct-portfolio-disclosure.pdf?locale=en_GB&siteEntryPassthrough=true

Alternatively,

Click on “PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS” link, within the Blackrock smaller companies web page (below):
http://www.blackrock.com/uk/individual/prices-and-performance/investment-trusts/blackrock-smaller-companies-trust

Trading update will make for interesting reading and with any luck any good news will clear out the overhang from Blackrock who it would seem had less than 810,000 shares (less than1%) left to off load at 31 March 2015 (See previous post).

June 18, 2015
Hivelocity Introduces Enterprise DDoS Protection Services

http://www.corero.com/company/newsroom/press-releases/hivelocity-introduces-enterprise-ddos-protection-services-/

It reads like a recent contract win, but I am guessing its not large enough to warrant a RNS.

The State of Internet Security is Getting Worse, According to Akamai

By Linda Musthaler | June 23, 2015

Akamai is out with its State of Internet Security report for the first quarter of 2015. This report is based on actual, observed traffic as opposed to being the result of user surveys, making it a good record of recent security conditions.

The report opens with a very troubling statistic: the number of DDoS attacks recorded in the first quarter of this year is more than double what was recorded during the same quarter of 2014. There was a 35 percent increase in attacks from the fourth quarter of 2014. This trend does not bode well for organizations that don't have a DDoS protection strategy.

The report brings other interesting data to light. For example, the typical profile of observed attacks has changed greatly in a year. In 2014, it was all about the high bandwidth attacks that lasted only a short time. At that time we were reporting attacks that peaked at 200 or 300 gigabits per second (Gbps) or more and 50 million packets per second (mpps). Attackers have backed off that massive size trend and now the typical attack profile is low bandwidth, long duration. Akamai reports that the typical DDoS attack in Q1 2015 lasted 24 hours or more, which is much more damaging in terms of taking a business out of commission for a longer time.

The gaming sector continues to lead all other industries as targets for DDoS attacks. This doesn't mean that other industries aren't vulnerable; just less so than gaming companies. However, all companies should keep in mind that gaming businesses often host their applications with the same hosting companies as many other types of businesses. This makes everyone vulnerable if the hosting provider isn't adequately prepared to fend off an attack.

The observed DDoS attack vectors continue to fluctuate from one quarter to the next. Akamai reports that SDDP attacks represented the top overall infrastructure based attack in Q1 2015, whereas SYN floods took that "honor" in Q4 2014. At other times, DNS reflection and UDP floods have been the lead vectors. Infrastructure-based attacks have represented the bulk of the attacks over the past year., with application layer attacks holding steady at about 10 percent of overall attacks.

Regardless of the attack vectors, we note that attackers are resourceful. They shift their methods often to avoid defenses and to take advantage of different vulnerabilities and the availability of different compromised resources, such as home routers. Therefore targeted companies need an anti-DDoS solution that can defend against a variety of types of attacks, especially when an attack uses multiple vectors at once.

As for the source countries of the attacks, they also vary from quarter to quarter. In Q1 2015, China led the way, whereas the Unites States took top honors in Q4 2014. Other countries that frequently turn up in the "top ten" offenders list include Russia, Korea, India, Turkey and Germany. For companies that do not do a lot of international business, knowing the source countries of a majority of attacks provides an opportunity to use Geo-IP filtering to stop all traffic from a particular country. For example, if a company does not do any business at all with entities in China, then why not simply block all traffic coming from that country? That would block not only a lot of DDoS attack traffic but a good bit of spam and phishing traffic as well.

Clearly, the state of Internet security is growing worse as time goes by. Businesses that want to sustain their ability to stay online in the face of attacks will do something about it, and that starts with a solid DDoS defense strategy.


http://ddosprotectionblog.corero.com/blog/654-the-state-of-internet-security-is-getting-worse-according-to-akamai.html

Ddos Mitigation market potential:

Clearly Corero are in the a high growth market with their Ddos mitigation product and service offerings to Hosting providers, with Ddos attacks doubling in first quarter 2015 compared to first quarter 2014. So to counter the increasing trend in Ddos attacks Hosting Providers are going to be forced to respond with some form of Ddos protection, which should be to the benefit of Ddos mitigation companies like Corero.

It's worth repeating (from previous article):

"The gaming sector continues to lead all other industries as targets for DDoS attacks. This doesn't mean that other industries aren't vulnerable; just less so than gaming companies. However, all companies should keep in mind that gaming businesses often host their applications with the same hosting companies as many other types of businesses. This makes everyone vulnerable if the hosting provider isn't adequately prepared to fend off an attack".

Just a reminder,

It would seem CNS are due a Trading Update within the next two weeks (when you look at the past Trading Updates from the RNS calender over the last two years).

Will make for interesting reading and with any luck any good news will clear out the overhang from Blackrock who it would seem had less than 810,000 shares (less than1%) left to off load at 31 March 2015 (See a previous post).

Nice opertunity to buy shares in CNS at a cheaper price than the Director's, at the share placing from early this year (Director's invested £2m of their own money at 15p per share), of course it's all subject to the outcome of the next Trading Update...

Newscycle Solutions Selects Corero SmartWall TDS for Full Visibility, Protection and Control Against DDoS Attacks

July 6, 2015 8:00 AM

Technology implementation allows for a more robust and responsive network, providing real-time mitigation to ensure service availability in the face of escalating DDoS threats

HUDSON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Corero Network Security (LSE: CNS), a leading provider of First Line of Defense® security solutions against DDoS attacks, today announced that Newscycle Solutions, provider of the most complete range of software solutions for the global news media industry, has implemented the Corero SmartWall® Threat Defense System (TDS) for real-time protection against DDoS attacks.



www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150706005137/en/Newscycle-Solutions-Selects-Corero-SmartWall-TDS-Full#.VZwlwEpwbqD

After the $7.1m share placing -
Cash on the books $6m (£3.85m) at 31 December 2015 - Taken from the Annual Results ending 31 December 2014.

So wouldn't expect any need for a fund raising, at least not yet.

Must admit I was caught out there with the £5m fundraising at 10p per share.

Disapointed with the slow industry adoption of the Cerero DDOS mitigation solutions. Although Corero were quite bullish im their Trading Update in their future expectations of the business and went on to forecast that the money raised would last until breakeven/profit as from 2016.

Still think Corero are in the right sector with the right product offering for 2015/16.