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Global Organization Learns That DDoS Attacks Do Not Stop, and Network Protection Is Critical

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Technology Category	Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries	National Security & Defense Telecommunications
Applicable Functions	Business Operation Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases	Cybersecurity
Services	Cybersecurity Services System Integration
Challenge	The customer, an intergovernmental organization supporting many countries, was encountering DDoS Attack traffic, threatening their capability to keep services running to their data centers. They maintain separate and distinct data centers throughout the globe, each with diverse needs. Initially, they had employed several protection strategies including services offered by their ISP and a cloud solution. This approach was somewhat successful, but some attack traffic was still getting through and becoming a nuisance. They approached NETSCOUT to explore a hybrid approach, combining a cloud solution to watch for volumetric attacks and on-premise devices to identify DDoS traffic designed to evade volumetric attack mitigation. Read More
About Customer	The customer is an intergovernmental organization that supports many countries around the world. They were encountering some DDoS Attack traffic, which threatened their capability to keep services running to their data centers. Because of its global footprint and variety of alliances, they maintain separate and distinct data centers throughout the globe. Due to the size of this IT footprint, the importance of their operation and the diversity of each data center’s needs, they approach DDoS Protection with a best-practice hybrid approach including a cloud presence for volumetric attacks and an on-premise presence to protect the edge of the networks from attacks that may get through the cloud solution. Read More
Solution	NETSCOUT provided a hybrid approach, combining a cloud solution to watch for volumetric attacks and on-premise devices to identify DDoS traffic designed to evade volumetric attack mitigation. The solution included Arbor Cloud for volumetric attacks and Arbor Edge Defense (AED) for flood type attacks and Indicators of Compromise (IOC) embedded in devices through the customer’s networks. The solution identified, mitigated and blocked all potential attacks. During a routine health check, NETSCOUT created and presented a report displaying all of the potential attacks that had been identified, mitigated and blocked by the solution. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Industries

National Security & Defense

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity

Services

Cybersecurity Services

System Integration

Challenge

The customer, an intergovernmental organization supporting many countries, was encountering DDoS Attack traffic, threatening their capability to keep services running to their data centers. They maintain separate and distinct data centers throughout the globe, each with diverse needs. Initially, they had employed several protection strategies including services offered by their ISP and a cloud solution. This approach was somewhat successful, but some attack traffic was still getting through and becoming a nuisance. They approached NETSCOUT to explore a hybrid approach, combining a cloud solution to watch for volumetric attacks and on-premise devices to identify DDoS traffic designed to evade volumetric attack mitigation.

About Customer

The customer is an intergovernmental organization that supports many countries around the world. They were encountering some DDoS Attack traffic, which threatened their capability to keep services running to their data centers. Because of its global footprint and variety of alliances, they maintain separate and distinct data centers throughout the globe. Due to the size of this IT footprint, the importance of their operation and the diversity of each data center’s needs, they approach DDoS Protection with a best-practice hybrid approach including a cloud presence for volumetric attacks and an on-premise presence to protect the edge of the networks from attacks that may get through the cloud solution.

Solution

NETSCOUT provided a hybrid approach, combining a cloud solution to watch for volumetric attacks and on-premise devices to identify DDoS traffic designed to evade volumetric attack mitigation. The solution included Arbor Cloud for volumetric attacks and Arbor Edge Defense (AED) for flood type attacks and Indicators of Compromise (IOC) embedded in devices through the customer’s networks. The solution identified, mitigated and blocked all potential attacks. During a routine health check, NETSCOUT created and presented a report displaying all of the potential attacks that had been identified, mitigated and blocked by the solution.

Impact #1	The customer no longer experienced the nuisance traffic that would get through previously.
Impact #2	The customer understood that they would probably be under attack constantly and having a hybrid solution that is designed to identify, mitigate, learn and evolve is what is required to ensure stability and security of business-critical services within all of their disparate data centers.
Impact #3	The customer was able to understand that DDoS attacks and cybercrimes are not going away and having a network protection solution that is comprehensive, agile, efficient, not to mention SMART, is the best solution to keeping your business-critical applications up and running.

Impact #1

The customer no longer experienced the nuisance traffic that would get through previously.

Impact #2

The customer understood that they would probably be under attack constantly and having a hybrid solution that is designed to identify, mitigate, learn and evolve is what is required to ensure stability and security of business-critical services within all of their disparate data centers.

Impact #3

The customer was able to understand that DDoS attacks and cybercrimes are not going away and having a network protection solution that is comprehensive, agile, efficient, not to mention SMART, is the best solution to keeping your business-critical applications up and running.

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Global Organization Learns That DDoS Attacks Do Not Stop, and Network Protection Is Critical

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