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The HighPPS team

Obsessed with technology

We are a team of developers with deep experience in low-level software and FPGA engineering. Our background includes high-performance network system design, wire-speed applications for specialized NICs, and optimizing Linux-based systems to maximize packet processing efficiency.

Company history

The company was founded on the long‑standing expertise of the original team formed within the CESNET association and Liberouter project and its focus on DDoS protection. Development of the DDoS protection solution has been ongoing since 2015 and has been carried out through a series of academic research projects and collaborations.

2024-2026

HSPF project

  • Cooperation with DynaNIC Semiconductors.

  • Support for 400GbE network interface cards and the DynaNIC platform for FPGA‑based SmartNICs.

2024

HighPPS Networks founded

  • Independent commercial entity for the operational deployment, customization and support of the DDoS protection solution.

  • DDoS Protector system licensed from the CESNET association as part of a technological transfer.​

2022-2023

DoSIX project

  • Cooperation with NetX Networks, NIX.CZ and Brno University of Technology.

  • Support for distributed deployment of the system enabling deployment across multiple locations with centralized management.

  • ​Deployment of the system within the infrastructure of the NIX.CZ peering point.

2019-2022

AdaptDDoS project

  • Redesigning the system for the DPDK framework, with full support for commodity 100GbE network interface cards.

  • Foundational research into the use of machine learning and artificial intelligence for DDoS attack mitigation.

  • Operational deployment into the backbone of the national academic network CESNET2.

2018

Dedicated DDoS team

  • A dedicated team specializing in the development of advanced DDoS protection was established at CESNET.

  • Support for a new generation of FPGA network cards, integration with the Linux kernel.

2015-2017

DCPro project

  • First prototype of the DDoS protection technology.

  • Based on CESNET's FPGA cards focusing on protecting 10GbE–40GbE links against exhaustion (reflective volumetric attacks)

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Our mission

 Our focus is on what truly matters: Packet-Per-Second (PPS) performance.

Innovative solutions
Our close ties with CESNET and top Czech universities keep us on the cutting edge of innovation. 

Self-hosted
HighPPS is software-first, running on commodity hardware to keep things fast, affordable, and accessible. 

Accessible and affordable

We’re all about making high-performance DDoS protection available to everyone, no matter the size of the business. 

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