Cirion Enhances Customer Security with new Cloud DDoS Protection Service

Sep 9, 2024

Cirion Enhances Customer Security with new Cloud DDoS Protection Service

Cirion Technologies Partners with Radware to Strengthen Cloud Security Services throughout Latin America

MIAMI, FL, Sept. 09, 2024 – Cirion Technologies, a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider in Latin America, today announced it has entered into a managed security service provider (MSSP) agreement with Radware, a global leader in application security and delivery solutions for multi-cloud environments. This strategic partnership enables Cirion to offer Radware’s industry-leading Cloud DDoS Protection Service to its customers across the region.

Key Benefits for Cirion’s Customers:

Advanced Network Protection: Cirion’s commitment to innovation and anticipation drives its focus on delivering enhanced security services. By leveraging Radware’s Cloud DDoS Protection Service, Cirion ensures automatic protection, faster mitigation, and improved accuracy for its customers.
Customized MSSP Model: Radware’s unique and customized MSSP model allows Cirion to swiftly enter the market while meeting the diverse DDoS protection needs of small businesses, enterprises, and downstream internet service providers.
Integrated Solution: Cirion also offers Radware’s Cloud Application Protection Services, which include web application firewall, bot management, and API and client-side protection. Customers can manage these services seamlessly through a single pane of glass, helping to reduce operational costs and prevent zero-day attacks.

Alejandro Girardotti, Senior Director of Products, Innovation and Strategic Alliances at

Cirion Technologies, emphasizes the excellence in service and support that Radware provides. As cyberattacks become more sophisticated, organizations increasingly rely on hosted security services to safeguard their networks and applications.

Radware’s AI-powered Cloud DDoS Protection Service surgically blocks malicious attacks without disrupting legitimate traffic. It adapts defenses based on specific attackers, maintaining network availability, even during layer 7 Web DDoS attacks.

Today, Cirion stands out as one of the few Pan Latin American networks, spanning 20 countries and serving over 5,500 customers with a wide range of capacity, colocation and security services across Latin America. Additionally, the company operates 18 owned carrier-neutral data centers throughout the region and maintains over 95 direct connections to carriers and service providers.

“We look forward to an expanded relationship with Cirion, helping them open new revenue streams while delivering state-of-the-art Cloud DDoS Protection for organizations across Latin America,” said Arie Simchis, Radware’s regional director in Latin America. “As cyberattacks increase in sophistication and grow exponentially in number, more organizations are opting for hosted security services and entrusting leading providers like Cirion with protecting their networks and applications.”

About Cirion

Cirion is a leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of fiber network, connectivity, colocation, cloud infrastructure, and communication and collaboration solutions with the purpose of furthering Latin America´s progress through technology. Cirion serves over 5,500 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. Cirion owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com

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Cirion to Expand its Existing Data Center Footprint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Aug 1, 2024

Cirion to Expand its Existing Data Center Footprint in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Strategic land acquisition located immediately adjacent to Cirion’s existing RIO1 facility in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to support a new 60 MW state-of-the-art, carrier-neutral, energy efficient data center

New data center will provide critical colocation capacity to service growing regional demand needs

MIAMI, FL, August, 1, 2024 – Cirion Technologies (the “Company”), a pan-Latin American leading digital infrastructure and technology provider, today announced that the Company has acquired a 15,000 square meter parcel of land, located immediately adjacent to its existing interconnection-dense data center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (“RIO1”), to support the expansion of its data center footprint in the region. Cirion is backed by Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm specializing in infrastructure and real assets with more than $71.2 billion in assets under management and an extensive portfolio of communications and digital infrastructure investments globally.

The new parcel of land, which is located in the São Cristovão neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, will support a new up to 60 megawatt carrier-neutral data center facility (“RIO2”). RIO2 will have access to a business-friendly environment and renewable energy sources, an already established ecosystem with more than fifty network and cloud providers, diverse metro and long-haul connectivity to major cities and tech hubs in the region and be in close proximity to international subsea cable networks to deliver minimal latency between Latin America and other regions. RIO2 is expected to be ready for service in 2026.

Once constructed, RIO2 will mark Cirion’s fourth data center asset in Brazil, and will be directly connected through primary, redundant dark fiber routes to the rest of Cirion’s Brazilian platform. The Brazilian platform currently comprises three data center campuses in São Paulo (“SAO1”), Rio de Janeiro (“RIO1”), and Curitiba (“CUR1”), which are strategically located in secure, easily accessible regions, and close to primary business districts, enabling strong logistical and operational agility. RIO2 will also be integrated into Cirion’s broader carrier-neutral platform comprising 18 data centers across Latin America. Through its platform, Cirion provides colocation, cross connectivity, and disaster recovery capabilities to support the demand needs of various hyperscalers, carriers, content providers, and enterprises, and customers can connect directly to more than 100 network service providers and to key public cloud providers operating in the region via peer-to-peer connectivity.

“This land acquisition supports the continued expansion of our data center campus in Rio de Janeiro, highlighting another important milestone in our expansion journey to grow our platform of low-latency, interconnected data centers”, said Facundo Castro, CEO for Cirion Technologies.

Nelson Fonseca, President of Cirion’s Data Center business unit, stated, “RIO2 will be a state-of-the-art, carrier-neutral, energy-efficient data center with direct fiber connectivity to Cirion’s existing ecosystem from day 1, providing interconnect-oriented colocation capacity to the region’s rapidly growing data center market”.

The acquisition of this land and development of RIO2 complements Cirion’s current data center developments in Santiago, Chile (“SAN2”) and Lima, Peru (“LIM2”), as well as the recently completed expansion of its data center campus in SAO1. These projects ensure continued scalability for Cirion’s customers as digital transformation and cloud adoption continues to proliferate rapidly in Latin America.

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About Cirion:

Cirion is a leading pan-regional digital infrastructure and technology provider, offering a comprehensive suite of colocation, cloud infrastructure, and terrestrial and subsea fiber network services. Cirion serves over 5,500 Latin America-based and multinational customers, including enterprises, government agencies, cloud service providers, wireline and wireless carriers, ISPs, and other leading businesses. The Company owns and operates a facilities-based network and data center portfolio, with extensive coverage spanning across the Latin America region. Learn more about Cirion at www.ciriontechnologies.com

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Cirion enters the Global Ethernet Provider LEADERBOARD 2023

Jul 10, 2024

Cirion enters the Global Ethernet Provider LEADERBOARD 2023

Cirion advanced from the Challenge Tier and ranks #7 on the Global Ethernet LEADERBOARD

MIAMI, FL, July, 10, 2024 – Vertical Systems Group recently announced that seven companies achieved a rank on the year-end 2023 Global Provider Ethernet LEADERBOARD, among which Cirion Technologies, who ranked in position #7.

Vertical Systems Group’s LEADERBOARDs are the industry’s foremost benchmarks for measuring market leadership for Carrier Ethernet Services, Carrier Managed SD-WAN Services, Wavelength Services and Business Fiber Lit Buildings.

Ranking among the mayor Global Ethernet Service Providers is a major recognition for Cirion for we are focused in investing in a 100-gigabit metro network across the region, that equips our next-generation architecture with swifter Ethernet speeds.

Cirion has been investing in a high bandwidth Ethernet architecture to enhance experiences on its platform and deliver updated Ethernet services to more than 14 major Latin American cities and Miami (US).

The company today has access to speeds of 30 Gbps for Ethernet services in the following cities: Miami (US), Buenos Aires (Argentina), São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Curitiba (Brazil), Santiago (Chile), Bogotá (Colombia), Lima (Peru), Mexico DF, Monterrey and Tijuana (Mexico) and Quito (Ecuador), among others.

“Our customers want and need faster, more accessible bandwidth to support technologies such as AI, Internet of Things, augmented reality, voice and video apps”, said Alejandro Girardotti, Senior Director of Products, Innovation and Strategic Alliances at Cirion Technologies. “Cirion’s network investments will enable our Platform to deliver the apps and data businesses need.”

Vertical Systems Group industry benchmark for multinational Ethernet network market presence ranks companies that hold a 4% or higher share of billable retail ports at sites outside of their respective home countries.

“The geographic expansion of the Global Ethernet market continued in 2023, while several domestic markets flattened,” said Rick Malone, Principal of Vertical Systems Group. “Cirion ascended from the Challenge Tier to rank #7 in our Global Provider segment following key acquisition of Lumen´s LATAM assets in 2022”.