NETSCOUT Systems, a leading provider of performance management, cybersecurity, and DDoS attack protection solutions, has announced the release of its latest version of Arbor Edge Defense (AED), which incorporates new machine learning-based Adaptive DDoS Protection. This release comes in response to the significant increase in dynamic DDoS attacks that utilize multiple vectors and techniques to launch botnet-based, direct-path, state exhaustion, and application-layer attacks. These attacks are designed to evade conventional static network and cloud-based DDoS defenses.
The rise of these dynamic DDoS attacks is a serious concern for enterprises, as they pose a grave risk to network edge security, internet-facing services, and critical stateful infrastructure, such as firewalls and load balancers. Attackers can send direct-path DDoS traffic at any time and quickly change attack vectors, making them extremely difficult to defend against without the right technology. NETSCOUT aims to address this challenge with AED’s Adaptive DDoS Protection, providing IT teams with a scalable, always-on stateless packet processing solution.
AED’s Adaptive DDoS Protection incorporates unmatched visibility into more than 50% of all internet traffic, global real-time DDoS attack threat intelligence, decades of DDoS mitigation experience, and machine learning software intelligence. This combination allows AED to automatically detect, adapt to, and mitigate dynamic DDoS attacks. By deploying an effective on-premises DDoS solution like AED, enterprises can leverage NETSCOUT’s expertise in DDoS attack mitigation and minimize unnecessary workloads that can lead to costly upgrades.
AED works by screening incoming and outgoing traffic at the internet edge, using stateless packet processing, global DDoS threat intelligence, and machine learning to block inbound cyber threats, including DDoS attacks and other malicious traffic. It also reduces the load on firewalls, load balancers, and VPN concentrators, while preventing the spread of malware within an organization. In addition, AED can block outbound communications from compromised internal devices to sites controlled by bad actors, thereby preventing data breaches and other malicious activities.
In the event of a large volumetric DDoS attack, AED’s cloud signaling feature integrates with cloud-based DDoS protection providers, such as NETSCOUT’s Arbor Cloud, to coordinate attack response between cloud-based volumetric protection and on-premises adaptive DDoS attack protection.
NETSCOUT’s ASERT (Arbor Security Engineering and Response Team) works with over 500 Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to maintain a sensor network called ATLAS. This network provides ASERT with unmatched visibility into more than 50% of all internet traffic and real-time DDoS attack activity. ASERT analyzes this data and feeds it to AED via the ATLAS Intelligence Feed (AIF). AIF continuously updates AED with highly curated intelligence on the IP addresses of bots and reflectors/amplifiers actively participating in DDoS attacks worldwide. AED’s Adaptive DDoS defense capabilities use machine learning-based algorithms to automatically recommend changes to attack countermeasures, ensuring effective protection against dynamic DDoS attacks.
NETSCOUT’s latest release of AED with Adaptive DDoS Protection offers a comprehensive solution for enterprises seeking to safeguard their networks from rapidly evolving dynamic DDoS attacks. By leveraging the extensive visibility, expertise, and machine learning capabilities of AED, organizations can protect their critical infrastructure and minimize the risk of costly network downtime.
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NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. is a global leader in protecting the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions. The company offers a unique visibility platform and solutions powered by deep packet inspection at scale technology. NETSCOUT serves the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations.
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