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Covad Deployes Arbor Software to Fight Denial of Service, Bots and Worms(Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) Covad Communications Group, a national provider of integrated voice and data communications, announced that it has deployed Arbor Network s Peakflow SP software solution. The company said the network enhancement is designed to protect Covad s network against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, worms, and other network vulnerabilities and routing instabilities. The latter includes hacker-controlled botnets that can be used to attack a Website or network on command. This network enhancement helps to protect all of Covad s customers at no additional cost to them. In addition to deploying the software solution, Covad also serves as an active member of the Fingerprint Sharing Alliance (FSA), a global coalition of Arbor s telecommunications customers that have joined together to prevent cyber attacks that cross service provider and national boundaries. Continuing to ensure the integrity of our nationwide network is of the utmost importance as we deliver innovative and outstanding services to our customers, said Dr. Ron Marquardt, chief technology officer for Covad. This network enhancement and membership in the FSA improves our traffic monitoring capability and has enabled Covad to save customers and partners thousands of dollars in losses due to security incidents. Given the global nature of distributed denial of service attacks, it is critical for service providers to work together and collaborate in order to stop these attacks as close to the source as possible, said Paul Morville, Arbor Networks vice president of product management. Service providers are increasingly interconnected and the Fingerprint Sharing Alliance has put in place an automated framework that dramatically speeds time to resolution. Denial of Service and bot and worm attacks are among the most costly security attacks suffered by businesses and other organizations that rely on IP communications. The 2007 Computer Crime and Security Survey released by the Computer Security Institute reported the following: - 25 percent of respondents reported a denial of service attack, with total respondent losses approaching $2.9 million; - 21 percent of respondents reported a Bot attack, with total respondent losses approaching $2.9 million; - 52 percent of respondents reported a virus attack (including worm attacks), with total respondent losses of approximately $8.4 million. Covad deployed Arbor's Peakflow SP platform solution to analyze its transit, peering and routing traffic. Arbor's Peakflow SP will also assist in proactively detecting, tracing and mitigating network-wide anomalies and attacks. These solutions will help Covad resolve DoS attacks and worms before they affect its network. This proactive response translates to tangible customer benefits including higher network availability and reduced exposure to common Internet threats. As a member of the FSA, Covad benefits from the sharing of cyber attack profiles, or fingerprints , to stop attacks more quickly and closer to the source. The FSA is the first effort in which telecommunications companies have been able to share attack profiles automatically, allowing providers to consistently protect one another and their customers from security threats. With the formation of the FSA, a formerly laborious and tedious process has been replaced with an efficient and automated process, and a larger community can be engaged to solve significant threats to the Internet. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright ? 2008 Wireless News |