Integration of Arbor's Threat Management System into Alcatel-Lucent IP routers helps service providers counter the growing threat of attacks and ensures the integrity of their networks and cloud services
Parisand Chelmsford, MA, January 18, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent
(Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) and Arbor Networks, a leader
in network monitoring and security solutions, have joined
forces to tackle the growing threat of 'distributed
denial-of-service' (DDoS) attacks.
Such attacks can compromise the communication networks used to provide a growing array of cloud services as well as businesses that carry large volumes of critical data traffic over the Internet.With the world's top five percent of Internet data centers experiencing as many as 500 attacks a month*, Alcatel-Lucent and Arbor are today offering a joint solution that provides advanced DDoS protection and security capabilities to help address this escalating challenge.
These cloud-based security services address the concerns of
3,386 IT Decision Makers that participated in a recent
Alcatel-Lucent global study. Study participants cited
performance and security as the two areas of cloud services
needing the most improvement. A new class of also addresses
this by combining the computing power and flexibility of the
cloud, with the security, reliability and guaranteed
performance of communications networks.
Carrier clouds provide an ideal way of detecting and
eliminating DDoS attacks quickly. Today, when network attacks
are detected, the infected traffic is typically transported
to a central location for treatment. With the largest
sustained attacks on networks consuming 100 gigabits per
second of capacity, transporting infected traffic to
centralized locations can be both expensive and disruptive.
By integrating Arbor's Threat Management System (TMS)
software into Alcatel-Lucent's IP routers - wherever they are
located in a given network - attacks can be detected and
dealt with at the edge of the cloud, closer to the location
of the attack, which is a much more effective and less costly
approach.
In addition to making service providers own cloud networks
and services more resilient, this new solution also enables
them to offer a cloud-based service to detect and mitigate
DDoS attacks on the networks of their enterprise customers.
This represents a lucrative revenue opportunity because many
businesses do not have the skill-set or resources to keep up
with this rapidly escalating threat on their own. Service
providers can deliver denial-of-service 'scrubbing' as a
cloud-based service from the same platform as virtual private
network (VPN) and business Internet services, with minimal
incremental investment.
"This partnership brings DDoS mitigation capabilities to the
edge of provider networks and benefits them in multiple ways,
from the cost saving benefits of reducing the volume of
backhaul traffic to the ability to scale and generate
additional revenue from managed security services," said
Michael Suby, Stratecast Vice President of Research at Frost
& Sullivan. "The demand for edge-based services also
speaks to the complex challenges facing enterprise network
administrators when it comes to DDoS and availability
threats. They are increasingly looking to their service
providers for managed solutions."
Kevin Macaluso, Vice President and General Manager of the IP
Service Router Product Unit at Alcatel-Lucent, said:
"Denial-of-service attacks are a rapidly growing problem in
service provider and Enterprise networks today. Unchecked,
they can bring down large networks and data centers for
significant periods of time, which obviously has a
detrimental impact on productivity and delivery of services.
By integrating Arbor's TMS into our IP service routers, we're
essentially moving the defensive perimeter further out to the
'edge' of the service provider's network - in effect stopping
criminals at the border."
After being first-to-market with application level monitoring
and control functionality for business networks in a carrier
class service router, Alcatel-Lucent has raised the bar even
higher by being first to integrate Arbor Networks TMS
capabilities in the same integrated service adapter platform.
This fully aligns with Alcatel-Lucent's TM vision, which
allows service providers to consolidate and converge their
infrastructure, thus reducing CAPEX and OPEX, while speeding
time to market for new services that leverage and . The
solution also complements Alcatel-Lucent's recently announced
solution which makes the carrier cloud possible through the
dynamic orchestration and provision of cloud services, such
as threat management, delivery of latency sensitive
applications and guaranteed Quality of Service.
"More than sixty service providers offer some sort of clean
pipe managed service built off the Arbor platform. By
embedding our Threat Management System software into the
Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router, these service providers
can scale their DDoS traffic cleaning service to capitalize
on accelerating enterprise demand for cloud-based protection
from DDoS attacks," said Colin Doherty, President of Arbor
Networks.
The combined solution is available today and is currently in
trials with more than 20 service providers worldwide. For
more information visit: .
About Arbor Networks
Arbor Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of network
security and management solutions for next-generation data
centers and carrier networks, including the majority of the
world's Internet service providers and many of the
largest enterprise networks in use today. Arbor's proven
network security and management solutions help grow and
protect customer networks, businesses and brands. Through its
unparalleled, privileged relationships with worldwide service
providers and global network operators, Arbor provides
unequalled insight into and perspective on Internet security
and traffic trends via the Active Threat Level Analysis
System (ATLAS®). Representing a unique collaborative effort
with 100+ network operators across the globe, ATLAS enables
the sharing of real-time security, traffic and routing
information that informs numerous business decisions.
For technical insight into the latest security threats and Internet traffic trends, please visit our website at .
distribué par | Ce noodl a été diffusé par Alcatel-Lucent SA et initialement mise en ligne sur le site http://www.alcatel-lucent.com. La version originale est disponible ici. Ce noodl a été distribué par noodls dans son format d'origine et sans modification sur 2012-01-18 17:34:28 PM et restera accessible depuis ce lien permanent. Cette annonce est protégée par les règles du droit d'auteur et toute autre loi applicable, et son propriétaire est seul responsable de sa véracité et de son originalité. |