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Infonetics Research Report on DDoS Solutions Identifies Arbor Networks as Global Leader in Carrier, Enterprise and Mobile Markets
BURLINGTON, MA, Dec 19, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of network security and
management solutions for enterprise and service provider networks,
was cited in a new report by Infonetics Research as the global market
leader for DDoS prevention overall as well as in the Carrier,
Enterprise and Mobile markets.
"2012 was a very active and important year for the DDoS market. The
recent targeted attacks against U.S. financial services firms
demonstrated that DDoS continues to be a powerful weapon and one that
is continually changing. Multi-vector attacks involving a combination
of high-speed, high-volume and application-layer attacks can create
havoc for any organization that does not have the proper defenses in
place. Arbor continued to maintain its leadership position across all
market segments in 2012," said Jeff Wilson, principal analyst for
security at Infonetics Research.
"DDoS continues to be a significant problem for network operators
across all market segments. As Infonetics research shows, the problem
is not going away, and in fact, continues to present more complex
challenges as the pace of innovation accelerates on the side of the
attackers," said Arbor Networks President Colin Doherty. "Arbor's
ability to maintain our leadership position across all market
segments speaks to our deep subject matter expertise and a proven
product portfolio, both of which are the result of having an
incredibly talented and dedicated team of people behind our products.
This is indeed a nice way to end the year but it by no means
indicates that we can rest on our laurels, even for a moment."
DDoS Prevention Market Drivers
According to Infonetics' DDoS
Prevention Appliances Biannual Worldwide and Regional Market Share
and Forecasts report,
"Without a doubt, the number-one driver for the DDoS prevention
market is the attacks themselves. Most major vendors operate threat
labs and publish regular reports on threats, and the threat landscape
is getting bigger, more complex and scarier at an alarming rate. From
the September '12 US bank attacks to the Iranian elections, Wikileaks
and the Anonymous army attacking anything with a whirring fan, DDoS
attacks have been big news for the last two years. The rise of
botnets and easy-to-use tools (like LOIC) for launching attacks means
that there are more DDoS attacks pushing greater volumes of traffic,
initiated by a wider variety of attackers than ever before. There is
no indication that the pace of innovation in the creation of attacks
and the ingenuity that drives the distribution of those threats will
ever slow down, and so prevention solutions need to continue to
evolve as well."
Arbor's Enterprise Solutions Deliver Availability & Investment
Protection
What makes Arbor's Pravail(R) Availability Protection
System (APS) such an important product for the enterprise is that it
not only helps protect against availability threats such as
application-layer DDoS attacks, but it also helps provide investment
protection to existing security infrastructure. For example,
firewalls and IPS are designed for important security problems
outside of DDoS, such as stopping unauthorized access to critical
resources, enforcing corporate security policies and preventing data
loss. These all remain critical security problems. What has changed
is that availability itself is now under assault and it requires a
solution designed specifically for today's complex DDoS problem.
Arbor's ISP/Carrier Solutions Deliver Integrated Threat Detection and
Mitigation
The vast majority of the world's leading service
providers and many of the largest enterprise networks in operation
today rely on Arbor's Peakflow(R) SP platform to proactively fend off
malicious threats such as botnets as well as high-bandwidth and
application-layer DDoS attacks, while strengthening the availability
and quality of their services. Arbor's Peakflow SP platform includes
two main components, Peakflow SP and the Threat Management System
(TMS). Peakflow SP combines network-wide anomaly detection and
traffic engineering with TMS's carrier-class threat management that
automatically detects and surgically removes attack traffic only
while maintaining legitimate business traffic. The Peakflow SP
platform powers many of the world's leading cloud-based DDoS managed
security services.
About Arbor Networks
Arbor Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of
network security and management solutions for enterprise and service
provider networks, including the vast majority of the world's
Internet service providers and many of the largest enterprise
networks in use today. Arbor's proven network security and management
solutions help grow and protect customer networks, businesses and
brands. Through its unparalleled, privileged relationships with
worldwide service providers and global network operators, Arbor
provides unequalled insight into and perspective on Internet security
and traffic trends via the ATLAS(R) Active Threat Level Analysis
System. Representing a unique collaborative effort with 230+ network
operators across the globe, ATLAS enables the sharing of real-time
security, traffic and routing information that informs numerous
business decisions.
For technical insight into the latest security threats and Internet
traffic trends, please visit our website at arbornetworks.com and our
blog at http://ddos.arbornetworks.com.
Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow,
ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling, the Arbor Networks
logo and Arbor Networks: Smart. Available. Secure. are all trademarks
of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of
their respective owners.
Contact:
Arbor Networks
Kevin Whalen
Director, Corporate Communications
Direct: +1 978 703 6663
E: kwhalen@arbor.net
SOURCE: Arbor Networks
mailto:kwhalen@arbor.net
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