Global Secure Layer

What Global Secure Layer does

Global Secure Layer (legal entity: Global Secure Layer Pty Ltd, ABN 15 620 899 765) is an Australian privately held network infrastructure company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brisbane. It provides four interconnected services: (1) carrier-grade IP Transit with peering against 3500+ networks, available across 88 data centre points of presence on four continents; (2) always-on inline DDoS Protection with sub-1-second time-to-mitigate and 1Tbps aggregate capacity, delivered through its in-house proprietary 'Goliath' mitigation platform and 'Creatia' customer control plane; (3) Ethernet point-to-point and multipoint links up to 100Gbit using subsea cable routes including Southern Cross NEXT, PC-1, Hawaiki, and RTI JGA-N/JGA-S; and (4) Colocation via its partner brand godedicated.com. Target customers span ISPs, government bodies, gaming operators, financial institutions, CDN/VPN providers, hosting companies, and large enterprises, with Australian data sovereignty positioning for government and SME segments.

The technology stack is built on Arista core networks with an Anycast architecture and in-house patent-pending heuristics anomaly detection. GSL distributes through direct enterprise sales supported by a 24/7 manned NOC and through channel partnerships (notably Equinix Gold Partner status, NEXTDC, and phoenixNAP). Revenue is generated via subscription-recurring contracts on IP Transit and DDoS Protection, with optional Ethernet and Colocation bundled services; pricing is quote-based with flat-rate or burstable options and annual billing cycles. GSL is ISO 9001 certified and has been publicly credited with mitigating the largest packet-rate DDoS attack on record (3.15 Gpps against a gaming customer in August 2024).

The company is founder-led, with Nathan Harding as CEO and Callum Hansford as COO, and has received non-dilutive Australian Government Austrade EMDG grant funding in 2021 for export market development. No institutional venture capital, private equity backing, or M&A activity is disclosed in the available record.

Name

Global Secure Layer

Legal name

Global Secure Layer Pty Ltd

Website

https://globalsecurelayer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Global Secure Layer is an Australian privately held carrier-grade IP Transit and inline DDoS protection provider operating across 88 data centres on four continents, serving ISPs, gaming firms, financial institutions, government agencies, and hosting providers via proprietary Goliath and Creatia platforms on Arista-based Anycast infrastructure.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Network Infrastructure Services

NAICS

Wired Telecommunications Carriers (517111)

SIC

Communications Services, Nec (4899)

akta.pro primary industry

IP Transit & Internet Backbone (Tier-1/2, peering, DIA) (HDAIAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

DDoS Protection & Network Security Services (Carrier-Grade) (HDAIAFAK), Edge Security Delivery (DDoS, WAF, Bot Mitigation at Edge) (HDABAGAH), DNS, Anycast & Traffic Steering (GSLB, Geo-routing) (HDABAGAE)

Keywords

• IP transit services
• DDoS protection services
• Carrier-grade ethernet
• Network colocation services
• Subsea cable connectivity

Headquarters

HQ city

Brisbane

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices35 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. IP Transit Services: Carrier-grade IP Transit services providing high capacity, low-latency connectivity solutions with inline DDoS protection. Revenue generated through subscription-based contracts with options for flat-rate or burstable pricing. Services include IPv4 and IPv6 dual-stack delivery, jumbo frames (9000MTU), and peering with 3500+ networks.
2. DDoS Protection Services: Inline DDoS mitigation sold as part of IP Transit packages or as standalone always-on real-time protection. Revenue generated through subscription contracts with tiered protection levels including Global Mitigation Announcements (500Gbit+) and custom mitigation rules.
3. Ethernet Services: Secure dedicated point-to-point or multipoint links up to 100Gbit. Provides carrier-grade redundancy with private, reliable, low-latency subsea cable paths. Revenue from dedicated bandwidth contracts.
4. Colocation Services: Secure physical infrastructure provided through partner network (godedicated.com). Carrier-diverse interconnectivity with data centres across Asia-Pacific, Oceania, North America, and beyond. Revenue from colocation space rental.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Global Secure Layer provides carrier-grade IP Transit services with inline DDoS protection, dedicated Ethernet point-to-point links up to 100Gbit, and colocation services across 88 data centres globally. Their network is built on Arista core infrastructure with Anycast architecture and proprietary DDoS mitigation technology, delivered through submarine cable infrastructure across Australia, Asia-Pacific, North America, and EMEA.

Product overview

Global Secure Layer provides a suite of four interconnected network infrastructure services: IP Transit (carrier-grade connectivity with inline DDoS protection), DDoS Protection (real-time mitigation using Anycast and their proprietary Goliath platform), Ethernet (dedicated point-to-point links up to 100Gbit), and Colocation (physical infrastructure across global data centres). The services are designed to work together, with DDoS protection built inline into all IP Transit offerings and their proprietary platforms Creatia (control plane) and Goliath (mitigation engine) providing the technological backbone for their security offerings. Gaming, finance, government, ISP, hosting, CDN/VPN, and enterprise sectors are served across EMEA, Asia, North America, and Oceania regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• IP Transit Carrier-grade IP Transit service providing high capacity, low-latency connectivity with full redundancy into Australia and internationally. Features inline global DDoS protection, jumbo frames (9000MTU), and peering with over 3500 networks. Designed for ISPs, government bodies, and large enterprises.
• DDoS Protection Always-on real-time DDoS mitigation solution built inline with the network that can mitigate attacks in under 1 second. Uses Anycast real-time DDoS mitigation clusters with 1Tbps capacity, protecting across Australia, Europe, New Zealand, North America, and the United Kingdom. Includes zero-day protection, adaptive security policies, and real-time packet signatures.
• Ethernet Secure, dedicated point-to-point or multipoint links of up to 100Gbit with carrier-grade redundancy, private low-latency subsea cable paths, and data centre connectivity in major local and international locations. Designed for businesses requiring high-capacity private connectivity.
• Colocation

Quantifiable outcome

• Mitigated record 3.15 Gpps (billion packets per second) DDoS attack on August 25, 2024 - largest packet rate attack ever publicly reported
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers7 records

Segments9 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability2 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• PC-1 NetworkmajorTechnology or Integration · 17 January 2023100G capacity commitment on PC-1 network cable between Seattle and Tokyo. PC-1 provides lowest-latency path of 81.5ms between US and Japan, supporting demand for trans-pacific capacity and managed network services.
• phoenixNAPcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 7 December 2022Collaboration to enhance connectivity to and from Australia. GSL established presence at phoenixNAP's flagship datacenter in Phoenix, Arizona, providing organisations easy access to carrier-grade IP Transit with full redundancy into Australia. Enables businesses to strengthen presence in Australia out of the U.S. and vice versa.
• Southern Cross NEXT CablecoreTechnology or Integration · 5 August 2022Significant wave commitment on Southern Cross NEXT Cable operating between Sydney and Los Angeles. Cable has over 70Tbps total capacity with 4 fibre pairs. Commitment strengthens GSL's subsea network infrastructure and provides lowest-latency path between Australia and US.
• Hawaiki Submarine Cable LPmajorTechnology or Integration · 2 October 2021Transpacific connectivity partnership using Hawaiki's ultra-low latency submarine cable. Enables GSL to provide ultra-low latency connectivity to the United States. Partnership accelerated GSL's growth plans with rapid trajectory into America.
• Quad9coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 May 2021Global partnership with Quad9, a not-for-profit recursive DNS security platform. GSL provides latest generation hardware as well as DDoS protected carrier-grade transit across three continents, enabling Quad9 to increase international capacity. Philosophical alignment in security and privacy spaces.
• RTI ConnectivitymajorTechnology or Integration · 5 March 2021Capacity agreement using RTI's Japan Guam Australia-North (JGA-N) and Japan Guam Australia-South (JGA-S) cables to deliver lowest latency route between Tokyo and Sydney. Expands GSL's Asia-Pacific network with premium subsea capacity.
• NEXTDCmajorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 6 January 2021Expansion into NEXTDC's S1 (Sydney) and M1 (Melbourne) facilities. These new sites inject additional capacity into GSL's global network, allowing greater reach for customers requiring IP Transit, Ethernet, and DDoS protection in Australian markets.
• EquinixcoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor · 30 September 2020Gold Partner status in Equinix Partner Program. GSL operates across three continents with Equinix, servicing Asia-Pacific and North American markets. GSL initially took space in Sydney data centres and partnership has progressed over years with expanded reach.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves15 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Cloudflare: Cloudflare Magic Transit offers IP Transit-style anycast with built-in inline DDoS protection at massive global scale, making it the most direct head-to-head incumbent to GSL's core proposition, but at meaningfully larger capital and footprint scale.
• Akamai Prolexic: Akamai's Prolexic scrubbing service is the historical enterprise standard for high-capacity DDoS mitigation, and its CDN/edge footprint gives Akamai scale and incumbency advantages in the same protection category GSL targets with Goliath.
• Lumen: Lumen (formerly CenturyLink) operates a global Tier-1 IP backbone alongside DDoS mitigation and managed network services, directly competing with GSL on both IP Transit and carrier-grade DDoS for enterprise and government buyers.
• NTT Communications: NTT operates one of the world's largest Tier-1 IP backbones with global DDoS mitigation services, making it the most relevant Tier-1 incumbent overlap on the international transit and enterprise protection RFPs GSL pursues.
• PCCW Global: PCCW Global operates a Tier-1 international IP backbone with strong Asia-Pacific and submarine cable assets, making it a direct comp on the same trans-Pacific and intra-Asia routes where GSL has invested in cable capacity.

Regional players

• Superloop: Superloop is an Australia and Asia-Pacific focused network carrier with IP Transit, dark fibre and submarine cable investments — a directly comparable regional peer competing on similar AU-corridor capacity and customer base.
• Vocus Communications: Vocus is an Australian fibre and IP Transit carrier with significant AU subsea cable capacity (including the Australia-Singapore Cable), making it one of the closest regional competitors on AU-domestic and AU-Asia IP Transit.
• AARNet: AARNet is Australia's research and education network with substantial high-capacity IP Transit capabilities and presence in every Australian capital — a relevant Australian regional peer competing for similar AU-domestic and education/government business.

Direct peers

• Path.net: Path.net is a specialised DDoS mitigation and IP Transit provider offering always-on inline protection with scrubbing infrastructure — a closer-to-direct competitor profile for GSL Goliath, focused on mitigation as a standalone service.

Emerging players

• Megaport: Megaport provides software-defined interconnection, IP Transit and DDoS-related services globally with Australian roots — a comparable emerging specialist in network interconnection competing for similar enterprise and channel-driven customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/GslGlobal
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/global-secure-layer

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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