New Distributed Architecture Allows for Greater Scale While Also
Addressing Emerging Data Privacy Considerations for Cloud Services
BURLINGTON, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun. 13, 2017--
Arbor
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 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 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.”
Arbor
Cloud for Enterprise: Affordable, Fully-Managed DDoS Protection
Service
Arbor
Cloud offers enterprise customers a fully-managed, best-practice
distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) defense service that tightly
integrates on-premise DDoS protection and cloud-based mitigation for
best practice defense of its users during any network attack.
Arbor Cloud’s on-premise component — Arbor
Networks® APS — can be deployed as an appliance or virtual solution,
delivering inline-visibility 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.
Arbor
Cloud for Service Providers
Arbor is pervasively deployed in
the world’s service provider networks. Arbor has worked closely with
many of these customers, helping them leverage their existing Arbor
deployments to launch and support revenue-generating DDoS managed
services. Arbor Cloud enables these customers to quickly scale existing,
or in some cases launch new cloud-based DDoS security services. Arbor is
responding to customers and enabling them to meet end-user demand in an
efficient and affordable way, without significant capital expenditures
in network infrastructure or people. Arbor security experts will be on
call 24/7 to support customers under attack and will handle all aspects
of the service.
About Arbor Networks
Arbor Networks, the security division
of NETSCOUT,
is driven to protect the infrastructure and ecosystem of the internet.
It is the principle upon which we were founded in 2000; and remains the
common thread that runs through all that we do today. Arbor’s approach
is rooted in the study of network traffic. Arbor’s suite of visibility,
DDoS protection and advanced threat solutions provide customers with a
micro view of their network enhanced by a macro view of global internet
traffic and emerging threats through our ATLAS infrastructure. Sourced
from more than 300 service provider customers, ATLAS delivers
intelligence based on insight into approximately 1/3 of global internet
traffic. Supported by Arbor’s Security Engineering & Response Team
(ASERT), smart workflows and rich user context, Arbor’s network insights
help customers see, understand and solve the most complex and
consequential security challenges facing their organizations.
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 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 parent company (NASDAQ: GOOGL).
Safe Harbor
Forward-looking statements in this release are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of Section 21E of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and other federal securities laws.
Investors are cautioned that statements in this press release, which are
not strictly historical statements, including without limitation, the
statements related to Arbor’s portfolio of solutions, constitute
forward-looking statements which involve risks and uncertainties. Actual
results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements due
to known and unknown risk, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors.
For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with
NETSCOUT, please refer to NETSCOUT’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
fiscal year ended March 31, 2016 and NETSCOUT’s subsequent Quarterly
Reports on Form 10-Q, which are on file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking
information contained in this press release or with respect to the
announcements described herein.
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Arbor Networks
Kevin Whalen, 781-362-4377
kwhalen@arbor.net