BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 14, 2016--
Arbor
Networks Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT (NASDAQ: NTCT),
in conjunction with Jigsaw, an incubator within Alphabet, Google’s
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 Digital Attack
Map uses data from Arbor Networks’ Active
Threat Level Analysis System (ATLAS®), a globally scoped
threat monitoring network. ATLAS currently collects 140Tbps of anonymous
traffic data from more than 330 service provider customers. This
represents approximately one-third of the world’s global internet
traffic. From this unique vantage point, Arbor is ideally positioned to
deliver intelligence about DDoS, malware and botnets that threaten
internet infrastructure and network availability.
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?
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A change in architecture of the ATLAS system allows the Digital Attack
Map to unlock 20X the data of the previous version in terms of the
number and scale of the attacks presented.
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The new system architecture moves all of this data from batch
processing to real-time streaming, thereby ensuring that the data is
up to date, and as accurate as possible.
“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
Arbor Networks, the security division
of NETSCOUT, helps secure the world’s largest enterprise and service
provider networks from DDoS attacks and advanced threats. Arbor is the
world’s leading provider of DDoS protection in the enterprise, carrier
and mobile market segments, according to Infonetics Research. Arbor
Networks Spectrum™ advanced threat solution delivers complete network
visibility through a combination of packet capture and NetFlow
technology, enabling the rapid detection and mitigation of attack
campaigns, malware and malicious insiders. Arbor strives to be a “force
multiplier,” making network and security teams the experts. Our goal is
to provide a richer picture into networks and more security context so
customers can solve problems faster and reduce the risks to their
business.
To learn more about Arbor products and services, please visit our
website at arbornetworks.com
or follow on Twitter @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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Arbor Networks
Kevin Whalen, 781-362-4377
kwhalen@arbor.net