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Arbor Networks and Alphabet's Jigsaw Collaborate to Enhance the Digital Attack Map Showing the Global Nature of the DDoS ThreatArbor Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT (NASDAQ: NTCT), in conjunction with Jigsaw, an incubator within Alphabet, Google's (News - Alert) parent company (NASDAQ: GOOGL), today announced an enhanced version of the Digital Attack Map, a live data visualization of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks around the globe. Jigsaw is focused on addressing online censorship, mitigating the threats from digital attacks, countering violent extremism and protecting people from hate and harassment online. One of the easiest ways to silence someone online is a DDoS attack. DDoS is an attempt by an attacker to exhaust the resources available to a network, application or service so that genuine users cannot gain access. DDoS attacks have become increasingly popular due to the development of do-it-yourself attack tools and inexpensive attack services. Often, DDoS attacks relate directly to real-world events such as conflicts and political disputes.
Enhancements to the Digital Attack Map The data presented in the Digital Attack Map represents a random sample of less than one percent of attacks observed by the ATLAS system, presenting high level trends in significant attacks. ATLAS data allowed Jigsaw to build a data visualization that gives users the ability to explore current and historical trends in DDoS attacks, see attacks by country, and make the connection to related news events on a daily basis. What's New?
"DDoS attacks are growing at an alarming rate in terms of size, frequency and complexity. They are the primary threat to the availability of networks, application and online services. The Digital Attack Map represents a just a slice of the rich data set that we have in ATLAS and it has been brought to visual life by the engineers at Jigsaw, allowing anyone to see DDoS attacks on a global scale or a country by country basis. Jigsaw is doing important work to educate the public about the DDoS threat, and we are gratified that our data is being showcased on the Digital Attack Map," said Brian McCann, President of Arbor Networks. For more information, please visit DigitalAttackMap.com.
About Arbor Networks To learn more about Arbor products and services, please visit our website at arbornetworks.com or follow on Twitter (News - Alert) @ArborNetworks. Arbor's research, analysis and insight, together with data from the ATLAS global threat intelligence system, can be found at the ATLAS Threat Portal. Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, the Arbor Networks logo and ATLAS are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brands may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
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