Tata
Communications announced the launch of its network-agnostic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection,
globally.
Delivered over a
cloud-based infrastructure, Tata Communications’ DDoS Detection and Mitigation
services will be available to any enterprise
that depends on its internet availability to serve customers, suppliers,
partners and other stake-holders.
DDoS attacks are
caused by thousands of globally distributed internet-based -bots’ flooding
target websites with such a high volume of traffic that genuine users can no
longer visit. They can affect any organisation that has an online presence.
These increasingly frequent attacks can be driven by crime, malice, espionage
or even national security issues and typically, prevents organisations from
conducting business over the Internet.
The DDoS solution
from Tata Communications monitors traffic patterns
across a network, detects attacks against a customer’s internet-facing
infrastructure and then -scrubs’ the data, discarding attack traffic while
ensuring that legitimate traffic can reach the intended infrastructure. This
allows the customer’s business to stay online and fully operational throughout
an attack.
Tata Communications
operates the largest DDoS scrubbing infrastructure built into any carrier’s
backbone. We are also one of the largest ISPs in the world,” said Adam Rice, chief
security officer and vice president of Managed Security Services, Tata
Communications.
With this scale, we
have successfully defended every DDoS attack levied against our customers. By
expanding our offering to be network agnostic, we’re now making the capability
available to a much larger community – a community that requires access to a
high-capacity infrastructure where their traffic can be scrubbed rather than
black-holed,” Rice added.
As one of the largest
global internet service providers Tata Communications is always able to route
customer traffic through regional DDoS scrubbing centers. For customers facing
extreme circumstances, Tata Communications’ service can and has been
activated in less than 24 hours. It fends off DDoS attacks on corporate
infrastructure so effectively that visitors to the affected sites do not even
notice a difference in response from the web site and applications.
We are delighted
that Tata Communications has leveraged the Arbor Networks infrastructure to
offer a network agnostic option for DDoS protection,” said Colin Doherty, president,
Arbor Networks. With DDoS attacks being such a real
threat to businesses and countries around the world, all efforts to expand the
number of anti-DDoS solutions available are extremely welcome.”
By Telecomlead.com Team
editor@telecomlead.com
