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Arbor Cloud to Increase DDoS Attack Mitigation Capacity to 8TbpsArbor Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT (NASDAQ: NTCT), announced today that they have more than doubled the capacity of Arbor Cloud from 2Tbps to 4Tbps, and will have quadrupled capacity to 8Tbps by the end of 2017. The expansion effort includes upgrades of existing nodes and the introduction of more than a dozen new nodes in major traffic centers in North America, Europe, Asia and South America. By distributing capacity across four times the number of scrubbing centers globally, attacks can be mitigated more quickly, closer to the source. This distributed model enables customer traffic to stay in-region and, in some cases, in-country. Not only does this allow for quicker remediation, it provides additional value by addressing emerging data privacy considerations on cloud service providers. "In the aftermath of Mirai and with the continued innovation of IoT botnets, the stakes have changed. This capacity expansion reflects Arbor's deep commitment to building the Arbor Cloud business for the long term. It allows us to not only support enterprises that recognize the need for DDoS protection, but also help our service provider customers who are leveraging their Arbor deployments to deliver revenue generating managed services themselves," said Brian McCann, president of NETSCOUT's Security Business unit. "Arbor Networks (News - Alert) has long been a leader in the DDoS mitigation market and this move shows the company's commitment to the cloud and DDoS managed services going forward," said Christina Richmond, program director for IDC's (News - Alert) Security Services research practice. "Attack size is a significant concern for both service providers and for the enterprise. Arbor Cloud serves both markets, and this distributed architecture and greater scale will help them meet customer demand for years to come."
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Cloud for Enterprise: Affordable, Fully-Managed DDoS Protection
Service Arbor Cloud's on-premise component - Arbor Networks® APS - can be deployed as an appliance or virtual solution, delivering inline-visibiliy into traffic entering the network, and providing always-on DDoS attack detection and mitigation. The on-premise component can be managed by Arbor as part of a fully managed service, or by the customer. The Arbor APS is enhanced by threat intelligence via the ATLAS Intelligence Feed (AIF). Developed by Arbor's Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT), the AIF includes geo-location data and automates the identification of attacks from known botnets and malware while ensuring that updates for new threats are automatically delivered without intrusive software upgrades. Working in unison with the AIF, Arbor APS can also block outbound threats, helping prevent data exfiltration. Finally, Arbor APS provides protection to existing infrastructure, such as firewalls and intrusion prevention systems (IPS), and to business-critical systems, which are frequent targets of DDoS attacks. Arbor's patented Cloud Signaling capability tightly integrates on-premise protection with cloud-based defenses, significantly reducing the time needed to mitigate attacks. This hybrid, multi-layer defense is an industry best practice for DDoS protection services, ensuring that enterprise networks are protected no matter what type of advanced DDoS attack they are facing. Arbor Cloud's on-demand, traffic-scrubbing service is staffed 24/7 by Arbor's DDoS security experts, providing complete transparency of operation, including a view into blocked hosts and traffic scrubbing performance, offering the flexibility enterprises need to alter attack countermeasures and thresholds.
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Cloud for Service Providers
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 is shared via the ASERT blog. For a global data visualization of DDoS attacks that leverages our ATLAS intelligence, visit the Digital Attack Map, a collaboration with Jigsaw, an incubator within Alphabet, Google's (News - Alert) parent company (NASDAQ: GOOGL).
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