• ‘Hacktivism’ and Vandalism are the Most Readily-identified DDoS Attack Motivations  
• Frequency, Complexity and Average Size of Attacks Continues to Grow
• First-ever IPv6 DDoS Attacks Are Reported
• Visibility and Security of Mobile/Fixed Wireless Networks Remains a Challenge

Chelmsford, MA, February 7, 2012 – In a significant finding with major implications for all Internet-connected organizations, the Arbor Networks 7^th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report revealed that ideologically-motivated ‘hacktivism’ is the single most readily-identified motivation behind DDoS attacks. Previous data showed financial motivations to be among the top drivers behind attacks, either for competitive reasons or outright extortion. In today’s environment, any business can become a target of an attack, and given the plethora of readily available DDoS attack tools, anyone can launch an attack. This represents a sea-change in the threat landscape and in the risk assessment model for network operators and end-customers that rely on the Internet for their business.

Arbor’s longstanding relationships with service providers and network operators across the globe, and its reputation as a trusted advisor and solution partner, make this annual report possible. The report offers a rare view into the challenges of network operators on the front lines of a global battle against botnets and DDoS attacks. It is designed to provide data and insight that will enable network operators to make more informed decisions about their security strategies to ensure availability for mission-critical Internet and other IP-based infrastructure.

Click here to access the Arbor Networks 7th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report.

”In the past two years, the pace of innovation on the part of hackers has accelerated. They are utilizing new tools and techniques and presenting acute challenges for network operators,” said Jennifer Pigg, founder, Battle Green Research, a Yankee Group affiliate. “Arbor Networks’ annual security report provides valuable insight into the challenges facing operators on the front lines of the battle against cyberattacks.”

“What we saw in 2011 was the democratization of DDoS,” said Roland Dobbins, Arbor Networks Solutions Architect for Asia-Pacific, and the primary author of this year’s report. “Any enterprise operating online - which means just about any type and size of organization - can become a target, because of who they are, what they sell, who they partner with or for any other real or perceived affiliations. Furthermore, the explosion of inexpensive and readily-accessible attack tools is enabling anyone to carry out DDoS attacks. This has profound implications for the threat landscape, risk profile, network architecture and security deployments of Internet operators and Internet-connected enterprises.”

Large Volumetric DDoS Attacks Are the ‘New Normal’
During the survey period, respondents reported a significant increase in the prevalence of high-bandwidth DDoS attacks in the 10 Gbps range, indicating that network operators must be prepared to withstand and mitigate large bandwidth attacks on a routine basis.

• Twenty-five percent observed DDoS attacks that exceeded the total bandwidth into their data center.

The single largest reported DDoS attack during the survey period was 60 Gbps, down from 100 Gbps reported in 2010. However, network operators should not misconstrue this as a decrease in the severity of attacks. To the contrary, network operators should understand that an attack in the tens of gigabits per second is more than sufficient to down a business, and that this data underscores how extremely serious the threat of these larger attacks is to network infrastructure and ancillary support services such as DNS - not to mention end-customer properties.

• Thirteen percent reported attacks greater than 10 Gbps.

Increasing Sophistication and Complexity of Application-layer and Multi-vector DDoS Attacks
Respondents indicate that sophisticated application-layer DDoS attacks have become commonplace and complex multi-vector DDoS attacks with both high-bandwidth and application-layer attack components are rapidly gaining in popularity with attackers.

• Fifty percent reported application-layer attacks on their networks.
• Stateful Firewall/IPS continue to fall short in DDoS protection: More than 40 percent of respondents reported an inline firewall and/or IPS failing due to a DDoS attack.

First-Ever IPv6 DDoS Attacks 'in the Wild' Are Reported
For the first time, respondents to this year’s survey observed IPv6 DDoS attacks on their networks. This marks a significant milestone in the arms race between attackers and defenders, and confirms that network operators must have sufficient visibility and mitigation capabilities to protect IPv6-enabled properties. Of note, while this is the first instance of reported IPv6 DDoS attacks, IPv6 security incidents remain relatively rare. This is a clear indication that while IPv6 deployments continue to advance, IPv6 is not yet economically or culturally significant enough to warrant serious attention by the Internet criminal underground.

Trust Issues across Geographic Boundaries are Prevalent
Approximately 75 percent of respondents indicated that they keep close watch on the origin of traffic, noting that certain countries and regions represent an increased threat for DDoS attacks. Also notable, is concern over the geographic origin of equipment they deploy in their networks.

Visibility and Security of Mobile/Fixed Wireless Networks Remain Challenges
Fifty percent of respondents reported not seeing any attacks targeting the mobile infrastructure.  Conversely, more than 30 percent reported an average of 50 to 100 DDoS attacks per month. In addition, 44 percent don’t know if they have infected hosts on their network. These inconsistent findings are indicative of the general lack of necessary tools among mobile operators to effectively detect security threats.

Survey Scope and Demographics

• The data covers October 2010 through September 2011.
• Respondents represent 114 service providers throughout the world; 39 percent from Americas; 41 percent from EMEA and 20 percent from Asia Pacific.
• Seventy-seven percent of respondents are network or security operations engineers, analysts or architects; the remainder are management or executives.

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 vast 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 ATLAS^® Active Threat Level Analysis System. 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 www.arbornetworks.com and our blog at ddos.arbornetworks.com.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Explosion of DDoS Tools Is Game Changer for Enterprise Security

Chelmsford, MA, February 7, 2012 – Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security and network management solutions for next-generation data centers and carrier networks, today published an in-depth visual review of DDoS tools that are used in the Internet underground and that can be used for "Hacktivist" purposes.  As part of its 7^th annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report also released today, the company has published data on the increasing frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks that threaten the availability of enterprise data center services.

The explosion of opt-in DDoS attack tools is a game changer for enterprise security.  These tools have empowered anyone with an Internet connection to launch DDoS attacks. This has profound implications for any business operating online. The risk of attack is now exponentially greater than in the recent past, commanding the need for a layered defense strategy in the enterprise.

In a blog post titled Attack of the Shuriken: Many Hands, Many Weapons, Arbor has provided a peek into the underground by  examining more than 50 popular DDoS attack tools from the simple to the complex, as well as reviewing  contemporary and historical threats. The research comprises a broad range of tools, such as single user flooding tools, small host booters, shell booters, Remote Access Trojans (RATs) with flooding capabilities, simple DDoS bots, complex DDoS bots and commercial DDoS services.

“Our research shows that even many of the less sophisticated tools have Remote Access Trojan functionality to perform password theft, download and execute other malware, sniff keystrokes and other malicious activities.  In addition to the threats to confidentiality, actual incidents have shown that simple flooding tools such as a host booter can take down enterprise-class firewalls from either side of the firewall due to state table exhaustion,” said Curt Wilson, a member of Arbor’s Security and Engineering Response Team (ASERT).

Best Practice: Layered Approach to DDoS Defense
“In the face of this rapidly changing threat landscape, and increasingly sophisticated attacks, the DDoS problem is now a top concern of enterprise IT teams,” according to Rob Ayoub, Frost & Sullivan Global Program Director for Network Security. “Many security teams rely on traditional security products such as firewall, intrusion prevention system and web application firewall devices to protect their organizations from a variety of threats, including DDoS attacks. Though these devices are essential elements of a sound security strategy, they simply are not designed to stop highly complex DDoS attacks. A layered approach is required for protection against DDoS attacks.”

Arbor believes that the only way for enterprises and cloud operators to have optimal protection against DDoS attacks is through a combination of on-premise and in-cloud protection.  Working with its Internet service provider (ISP) and managed security services provider (MSSP) customers, Arbor has developed a protocol to facilitate both customer edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated and real-time manner.

Cloud Signaling^SM
Developed by Arbor Networks, Cloud Signaling functionality is an efficient and integrated way of bridging the enterprise data center to the service provider cloud. Cloud Signaling connects the on-premise Pravail™ APS device with the cloud-based Peakflow^® SP solution that powers more than 50 DDoS managed security services offerings. Cloud Signaling helps to ensure the availability of enterprise data center infrastructures and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks.

When a data center operator discovers that he is under a service-disrupting DDoS attack, he  can choose to mitigate the attack in the cloud by triggering a signal to upstream infrastructure of the provider’s network.  A volumetric DDoS attack congesting the upstream links would promptly diminish or disappear altogether from the data center’s access links, protecting service availability. Enterprise customers also benefit from real-time monitoring of the attack mitigation, as well as granular post-mortem reports, with details of the attack and the steps taken by the operator to mitigate the attack. This method helps data center operators maintain control and stay in command of the event, as well as establish best practices.  The addition of Cloud Signaling into the ISP/MSSP portfolio further strengthens the overall managed DDoS service offering by providing customers with complete DDoS protection from a single dashboard. Cloud Signaling enables the enterprise data center operator to reduce time to mitigation and increase the effectiveness of response against DDoS threats, thus saving the company from major operational expense and helping to preserve the company’s brand and reputation.

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 vast 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 ATLAS^® Active Threat Level Analysis System. 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 www.arbornetworks.com and our blog at ddos.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

Paris and Chelmsford, MA, January 18, 2012 - Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext 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.

^{* Source: Arbor Networks – 2010 Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, January 2011}

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 carrier cloud 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, 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 High Leverage Network ^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 extract more value from their network. The solution also complements Alcatel-Lucent’s recently announced CloudBand 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: www.alcatel-lucent.com/ddos-protection.

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 www.arbornetworks.com at and our blog at ddos.arbornetworks.com.

About Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU)

The long-trusted partner of service providers, enterprises and governments around the world, Alcatel-Lucent is a leading innovator in the field of networking and communications technology, products and services. The company is home to Bell Labs, one of the world's foremost R&D organizations, responsible for breakthroughs that have shaped the networking and communications industry. Alcatel-Lucent is committed to making communications more sustainable, more affordable and more accessible as we pursue our mission - Realizing the Potential of a Connected World.

With operations in more than 130 countries and one of the most experienced global services organizations in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local partner with global reach. The Company achieved revenues of Euro 16 billion in 2010 and is incorporated in France and headquartered in Paris.

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Founded in 2003, Prolexic was the first company to establish global scrubbing centers to stop DDoS attacks “in the cloud.” Leveraging unique filtering techniques, high-speed bandwidth and peering, advanced routing and other patent-pending services, Prolexic provides the most advanced and powerful DDoS detection and network protection systems available.

“Prolexic has been fighting DDoS attacks in the cloud since 2003 and joining Arbor’s Cloud Signaling Coalition shows our on-going commitment to this strategy,” said Scott Hammack, Prolexic Chief Executive Officer. “Working together, we can continue to refine our tools and techniques to minimize the impact these attacks have on our clients’ web sites and revenues.”

“As distributed denial of service attacks escalate in size and complexity, their detection and mitigation requires the collaboration of all stakeholders—from the customer premise to the service provider cloud,” said Colin Doherty, Arbor Networks Chief Executive Officer. “The Cloud Signaling Coalition from Arbor Networks® enables this collaboration. It provides an infrastructure that facilitates local and upstream mitigation of edge-based, application-layer DDoS attacks, as well as cloud-based, volumetric DDoS attacks in an automated and real-time manner.”

Cloud Signaling: A Faster, Automated Way to Provide Comprehensive DDoS Mitigation
At the heart of Cloud Signaling are Arbor Networks Peakflow® SP and PravailTM Availability Protection System solutions. Arbor Peakflow SP powers many of the world’s leading cloud-based DDoS managed security services, while Arbor’s Pravail Availability Protection System (APS) is an on-premise device that protects the Internet Data Center (IDC) edge against threats to availability – specifically, protection against application-layer DDoS attacks. Cloud Signaling is an efficient and integrated way of bridging the enterprise data center to the service provider cloud. Cloud Signaling connects the on-premise Pravail APS device with the cloud-based Peakflow SP solution, helping to ensure the availability of IDC infrastructures and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks. Arbor believes that the best way for enterprises, IDC and cloud operators to have optimal protection against DDoS attacks are through this combination of on-premise and in-cloud protection.

Cloud Signaling Coalition: How does it work?
When an enterprise or data center operator discovers that they are under a service-disrupting DDoS attack, they can choose to mitigate the attack in the cloud by triggering a signal to the upstream infrastructure of their service provider’s network. A volumetric DDoS attack congesting the upstream links would immediately diminish or disappear altogether from the data center’s access links, and service availability would be protected. Participation in the Cloud Signaling Coalition allows the service provider to provide differentiated managed security services, reduces the time-to-mitigation and increase the effectiveness of the response against DDoS threats, thus saving the customer from major operational expenses and preserving their reputation. Enterprise and IDC customers also benefit from real time monitoring of the attack mitigation, as well as granular post-mortem reports with details of the attack and the mitigating steps taken by the service provider, keeping customers in control and maintaining their expertise in command of the event.

About Prolexic
Prolexic is the world’s largest, most trusted distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation provider. Able to absorb the largest and most complex attacks ever launched, Prolexic restores mission critical Internet-facing infrastructures for global enterprises and government agencies within minutes. Six of the world’s ten largest banks and the leading companies in e-Commerce, payment processing, travel/hospitality, gaming and other at-risk industries rely on Prolexic to protect their businesses. Founded in 2003 as the world’s first “in the cloud” DDoS mitigation platform, Prolexic is headquartered in Hollywood, Florida and has scrubbing centers located in the Americas, Europe and Asia. For more information, visit www.prolexic.com.

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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at ddos.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

“We are very pleased to announce the availability of the Pravail APS for our Indian customers. For more than a decade, Arbor Networks has developed innovative, market-leading DDoS detection and mitigation solutions that are deployed in the vast majority of the world’s largest and most valuable service provider networks. Arbor has leveraged this experience to create the Arbor Pravail APS, bringing carrier-class DDoS detection and mitigation capabilities to the data center,” said Colin Doherty, Arbor Networks president.

“In recent months, high profile attacks and outages have gotten the attention of C-level executives,” said Rob Ayoub, Global Program Director, Network Security at Frost & Sullivan. “If your data center is not available, all the compliance or data integrity in the world is not going to help your customers, business or your brand,” said Ayoub. “Arbor is addressing the number one threat to the availability of data center resources and that is the increasing prevalence and effectiveness of application-layer denial of service attacks that target infrastructure and potentially, existing security devices themselves.”

Firewall and IPS Not Effective Against Today’s Sophisticated DDoS Threats

While key elements of an overall security strategy, firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems are not effective solutions against DDoS attacks. Because these devices maintain state information for every session established between a client on the Internet and the corresponding server in the data center, these products themselves are commonly the targets of DDoS attacks. According to Arbor’s 2010 Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, half of all who have deployed these devices within their data centers experienced stateful firewall and/or IPS failure as a direct result of DDoS attacks during the survey period.

Arbor Pravail APS Highlights:

Purpose-built for IDC deployment scenarios

• Out of the box, carrier-class DDoS attack identification and mitigation capabilities
• Can be rapidly deployed with little configuration, even during an attack
• Focused on detecting and stopping application-layer DDoS attacks
• A single, easy-to-manage platform with extensive reporting capabilities

Cloud Signaling^SM

• A protocol to facilitate both customer-edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated and real-time manner
• Only mechanism available today to provide complete protection against both application and volumetric DDoS attacks

ATLAS^® Intelligence Feed

• Leverages Arbor’s extensive data collection and world-renowned team of security researchers
• Automates the identification of botnet-borne attacks against data center infrastructure
• Updates for new threats are delivered automatically and also include geo-location data

Cloud Signaling

Arbor’s Pravail APS Cloud Signaling capability helps to ensure the availability of data center infrastructures and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks. Arbor believes that the only way for data center and cloud operators to have optimal protection against DDoS attacks is through a combination of on-premise and in-cloud protection. Working with its Internet service provider (ISP) and managed security services provider (MSSP) customers, Arbor has developed a protocol to facilitate both customer edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated and real-time manner. Cloud Signaling is an efficient and integrated system bridging the customer premise to the service provider cloud.

Carrier-Class Detection and Mitigation For The IDC

Application-layer DDoS attacks have quickly become the most significant threat to availability of data center and cloud-based services. Application-layer attacks are low bandwidth, difficult to detect and target both end customers and network operators’ own ancillary supporting services, such as HTTP Web services, domain name system (DNS), etc. The Arbor Pravail APS provides visibility into critical IP services and applications running in the data center, such as HTTP, DNS, VoIP/SIP and SMTP traffic. The Arbor Pravail APS also protects IDC infrastructure against numerous types of attack, including TCP State Exhaustion, HTTP/Web Attacks, DNS Floods/Authentication Attacks, TCP SYN Floods, Spoofed / Non-Spoofed Attacks, UDP Floods and dozens more.

ATLAS Intelligence Feed

The Arbor ATLAS intelligence feed enables Pravail APS to provide unprecedented protection against botnet-fueled DDoS attacks. Over the past five years, Arbor has tracked the rise of botnet-fueled DDoS attacks -- in this year’s Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, botnets were identified as the primary engine fueling DDoS attacks that threaten the availability of data center and cloud-based infrastructures. Arbor has unique visibility into DDoS botnets because of its ATLAS infrastructure, which combines a darknet sensor network with traffic data from more than 100 service provider customers around the world.

This enormous dataset enables Arbor’s security researchers to develop a unique, globally-scoped view of malicious traffic traversing backbone networks that form the Internet's core. This insight is critical, as botnets are constantly changing and updating to thwart detection. The new ATLAS Intelligence Feed delivers deep DDoS signatures in real time to keep the data center edge protected against hundreds of botnet-fueled DDoS attack toolsets and their variants. Moreover, this new feed includes geo-location data and automates the identification of attacks against data center infrastructure and services from known botnets while ensuring that updates for new threats are automatically delivered without software upgrades. Arbor's researchers are constantly analyzing DDoS botnet attacks--more than 4,300 to date. The ATLAS Intelligence Feed enables customers to directly benefit from the depth and breadth of Arbor’s research team.

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 vast 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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at ddos.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

“Arbor Networks has been a global leader in the service provider market for years and now they are focused on delivering carrier-class protection to the enterprise data center,” said Francis Choo, executive managing director Ingram Micro. “Arbor Pravail APS not only addresses a critical need for data center operators, it also comes with a comprehensive support and incentive program for our extensive network of Value Added Resellers across Asia Pacific.”

Application-layer attacks are low bandwidth, difficult to detect and target both end-users’ and network operators’ own ancillary supporting services, such as HTTP Web services and domain name system (DNS). According to Arbor’s sixth annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, 49% of those who have deployed these devices within their cloud data centers experienced significant firewall and/or IPS failure as a direct result of DDoS attack. Arbor Pravail APS delivers out-of-the-box, proven DDoS attack identification and mitigation capabilities to help enterprises overcome these data center security challenges.

“Arbor Networks DDoS mitigation solutions are pervasively deployed in global service provider networks. To reach the enterprise market, we required the reach and resources and relationships of a partner like Ingram Micro,” said Attley Ng, vice president and general manager of Asia Pacific operations for Arbor Networks. “Ingram Micro is the market leader in Asia and we are excited about leveraging their vast resources with a very compelling product for data center operators at a time when network security threats are evolving and presenting acute challenges.”

Arbor Pravail APS Highlights:

• Rapidly deployable with little configuration, even during an attack.
• A single, easy-to-manage platform with extensive reporting capabilities.

• Facilitates both enterprise data center-edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream service provider mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated, coordinated and real-time manner.
• The only mechanism available today that provides complete protection against both application and volumetric DDoS attacks.

• Automates the identification of botnet-borne attacks against data center infrastructures.
• Monitors for new threats, delivers updates automatically and includes geo-location data.

For more information on Arbor Networks DDoS detection and mitigation solutions, please visit www.youtube.com/user/ArborNetworks.

About Ingram Micro
Headquartered in Singapore, Ingram Micro Asia Ltd (a wholly owned subsidiary of Ingram Micro Inc.) is a leading wholesale provider of an extensive range of computer products in Asia Pacific. Today, Ingram Micro Asia Ltd represents more than 70 vendors in Asia Pacific with more than 24,000 products including Application Software, Systems, Networking, Storage, Printers and Peripherals products. Ingram Micro can be found at www.ingrammicro.com.sg

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 vast 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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at asert.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

“Increasingly enterprise customers are looking to put their critical infrastructure into secure Internet Datacenters that are highly available. By participating in Arbor’s Cloud Signaling Coalition, Vocus is able to offer our customers comprehensive, advanced DDoS attack identification and mitigation capabilities from both volumetric and application layer attacks. This complements Vocus’ core strengths in datacenters and IP transit,” said McDonald Richards, Vocus Communications chief technical officer.

“Surveys have repeatedly shown that security and availability are the primary barriers to the adoption of cloud computing. With the introduction of Cloud Signaling that connects the data center with service provider-based managed security services, Arbor is delivering the most comprehensive solution available today to ensure the availability of cloud resources,” said Nick Race, Arbor Networks country manager for Australia and New Zealand.

Cloud Signaling: A Faster, Automated Way to Provide Comprehensive DDoS Mitigation
At the heart of Cloud Signaling are Arbor Networks Peakflow® SP and PravailTM Availability Protection System solutions.  Arbor Peakflow SP powers many of the world’s leading cloud-based DDoS managed security services, while Arbor’s Pravail Availability Protection System (APS) is an on-premise device that protects the Internet Data Center (IDC) edge against threats to availability — specifically, protection against application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. Cloud Signaling is an efficient and integrated way of bridging the enterprise data center to the service provider cloud. Cloud Signaling connects the on-premise Pravail APS device with the cloud-based Peakflow SP solution, helping to ensure the availability of IDC infrastructures and speed time-to-mitigation for DDoS attacks. Arbor believes that the best way for enterprises, IDC and Cloud operators to have optimal protection against DDoS attacks is through this combination of on-premise and in-cloud protection.

Cloud Signaling Coalition: How does it work?
When an enterprise or data center operator discovers that they are under a service-disrupting DDoS attack, they can choose to mitigate the attack in the cloud by triggering a signal to upstream infrastructure of their service provider’s network.  A volumetric DDoS attack congesting the upstream links would immediately diminish or disappear altogether from the data center’s access links, and service availability would be protected. Participation in the Cloud Signaling Coalition allows the service provider to provide differentiated managed security services, reduces the time to mitigation and increase the effectiveness of the response against DDoS threats, thus saving the customer from major operational expenses and preserving their reputation. Enterprise and IDC customers also benefit from real time monitoring of the attack mitigation, as well as granular post mortem reports with details of the attack and the steps taken by the service provider to mitigate the attack, keeping them in control and maintaining their expertise in command of the event.

About Vocus Communications
Vocus Communications (www.vocus.com.au) provides wholesale IP transit to Telecommunications companies and ISPs across Australia, NZ and the US, as well as datacenters throughout Australia. The company provides high performance, high availability, and highly scalable communications solutions.

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 vast 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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at asert.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

CHELMSFORD, MA (September 13, 2011) – Arbor Networks, Inc., a leading provider of security and network management solutions for next-generation data centers and carrier networks, today announced a North American distribution agreement with Tech Data Corporation (NasdaqGS: TECD), one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors of technology products and solutions, to sell Arbor’s PravailTM Availability Protection System (Pravail APS) in the U.S. and Canada through its channel of over 60,000 resellers. Arbor’s Pravail APS is an on-premise device that protects the Internet data center (IDC) edge against threats to availability, including application-layer, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks.

“Arbor Networks has been at the forefront of DDoS mitigation in the service provider market for years and now they are bringing that experience and leadership to the enterprise data center at a very critical time,” said Chuck Bartlett, Vice President and General Manager of Tech Data’s Advanced Infrastructure Solutions division. “Arbor is backing the Pravail APS with a comprehensive program for our network of resellers that rewards results and fosters mutually beneficial growth, while promoting operational efficiency and providing world-class support services and resources.”

Application-layer attacks are low bandwidth, difficult to detect and target both end-users’ and network operators’ own ancillary supporting services, such as HTTP Web services and domain name system (DNS). According to Arbor’s sixth annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, 49% of those who have deployed these devices within their cloud data centers experienced significant firewall and/or IPS failure as a direct result of DDoS attack. Arbor Pravail APS delivers out-of-the-box, proven DDoS attack identification and mitigation capabilities to help enterprises overcome these data center security challenges.

“Tech Data’s reach, resources and relationships with leading value-added resellers greatly accelerates Arbor’s ability to penetrate the enterprise market, which is suffering from attacks against availability,” said Colin Doherty, President of Arbor Networks. “Arbor Pravail APS is the only security solution focused on the availability of the data center itself. As attack techniques and the motivation behind them are evolving, we have seen too many enterprises unprepared to defend against application-layer, DDoS attacks. We see a real opportunity to address key issues for enterprise data center operators and look forward to a close working relationship with Tech Data.”

• Rapidly deployable with little configuration, even during an attack
• A single, easy-to-manage platform with extensive reporting capabilities

• Facilitates both enterprise data center-edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream service provider mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated, coordinated and real-time manner
• The only mechanism available today that provides complete protection against both application and volumetric DDoS attacks

• Automates the identification of botnet-borne attacks against data center infrastructures
• Monitors for new threats, delivers updates automatically and includes geo-location data

“One of the biggest barriers to mass market adoption of cloud computing are concerns about security and availability, in particular application-layer distributed denial of service attacks,” said Yankee Group Vice President Brian Partridge. “As DDoS attacks increase in size, frequency and complexity, enterprises must seek to protect their critical data assets. DDoS is not to be taken lightly as there is a lot at stake, one successful DDoS attack can cost millions in direct revenues and loss of brand value.”

For more information on Arbor Networks^® DDoS Detection & Mitigation Solutions, please visit www.youtube.com/user/ArborNetworks.

About Tech Data
Tech Data Corporation is one of the world’s largest wholesale distributors of technology products. Its advanced logistics capabilities and value added services enable 125,000 resellers in more than 100 countries to efficiently and cost effectively support the diverse technology needs of end users. Tech Data generated $24.4 billion in net sales for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2011, and is ranked 109th on the Fortune 500^®. To learn more, visit www.techdata.com.

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 vast 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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at asert.arbor.net.

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ArbOS, How Networks Grow, ATLAS, Pravail, Arbor Optima, Cloud Signaling and the Arbor Networks logo are all trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

The vast majority of the world’s leading service providers rely on Arbor’s Peakflow SP platform to proactively fend off malicious threats such as botnets and volumetric and application-layer distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, while strengthening the availability and quality of their services. The Arbor Peakflow SP platform includes two main components, Peakflow SP and the Threat Management System (TMS).  Arbor Peakflow SP combines network-wide anomaly detection and traffic engineering with TMS’s carrier-class threat management that automatically detects and surgically removes only attack traffic while maintaining legitimate business traffic.

“As IPv6 connectivity, applications and increased traffic are introduced into operator networks, IPv6 threats, attacks and network security breaches become more prevalent.  This increase, combined with a dual IPv4/ IPv6 environment, brings more complexity to operator networks,” said Becky Watson, principal analyst with Frost & Sullivan. “Arbor's new Peakflow SP 5.6 release builds on its current IPv4 strengths while addressing IPv6 security issues and enabling more visibility and automation to reduce complexities in network management.”

Stopping DDoS Attacks in IPv6 Networks

In previous releases Peakflow SP enabled operators to gain critical visibility into IPv6 traffic. With version 5.6, Peakflow adds the capability to mitigate attacks over IPv6. First, the highly effective Peakflow SP TMS mitigation architecture available for IPv4 networks is now available for IPv6. Operators can use techniques such as Remote Triggered Blackhole Routing (RTHB) and TMS diversion/reinjection to quickly and effectively deal with attacks over IPv6. Second, the release provides a comprehensive suite of IPv6 threat countermeasures, enabling the TMS system to screen out IPv6 attack traffic, while allowing legitimate traffic to reach the intended destination.

Streamlined Workflow, Enhanced Automation

Peakflow SP 5.6 adds new features that enable operators to easily establish accurate mitigation thresholds, automate the configuration of large deployments, provide for more customer control of managed services, and offers expanded reporting and router support.

Cloud Signaling: A Faster, Automated Way to Provide Comprehensive DDoS Mitigation

An important new capability recently introduced by Arbor is Cloud Signaling, a protocol that bridges the gap between the data center edge and the provider cloud. The Arbor Pravail Availability Protection System is an on-premise data center solution that utilizes Cloud Signaling to automatically signal upstream to the provider cloud, where the Arbor Peakflow SP platform is pervasively deployed. This Cloud Signaling capability enables optimal protection of the Internet data center from availability threats, identifying and mitigating application-layer attacks at the data center edge and volumetric denial of service attacks in the provider cloud. No other vendor is able to offer this comprehensive, automated protection against availability threats to IDC infrastructure.

“Arbor is ensuring that the visibility and security Peakflow SP and TMS provided for IPv4 networks is available for IPv6. IPv6 is vulnerable to many of the same threats we see in IPv4, but there are also new vulnerabilities unique to IPv6. With this release we address both issues. We also streamlined workflow and provided more automation, enabling our customers to stay in control as their networks become more complex,” said Rob Malan, chief technology officer, Arbor Networks.

For more information on Arbor Networks DDoS Detection & Mitigation Solutions please visit:
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArborNetworks

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 vast 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 http://www.arbornetworks.com and our blog at http://asert.arbornetworks.com

Trademark Notice: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ATLAS and the Arbor Networks logo are trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. and are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Pravail is a trademark of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.

"Data centers are under attack, and customers are rightly concerned about the availability of their data. Arbor Pravail APS is purpose-built to protect against availability threats. The solution provides out-of-the-box, carrier-class DDoS attack identification and mitigation capabilities and can be rapidly deployed with little configuration, even during an attack," said Nick Race, Arbor Networks country manager for Australia and New Zealand. "Arbor has traditionally been focused on the carrier and service provider market. To help us reach the enterprise and IDC market, Arbor is partnering with respected partners like WhiteGold Solutions."

"The availability of data center resources is a top concern for enterprises today," said Dominic Whitehand, managing director of WhiteGold Solutions. "Arbor is bringing deep experience and world-class technology to a market that desperately needs it. The Arbor Pravail product is addressing an acute pain point for many of our customers. We are really excited to have this product as part of our solutions portfolio."

Carrier-class Detection and Mitigation for the IDC
Application-layer DDoS attacks have quickly become the most significant threat to availability of IDC and Cloud-based services. Application-layer attacks are low bandwidth, difficult to detect and target both end customers and network operators' own ancillary supporting services, such as HTTP Web services, domain name system (DNS), etc. The Arbor Pravail APS provides visibility into critical IP services and applications running in the IDC, such as HTTP, DNS, VoIP/SIP and SMTP traffic. The Arbor Pravail APS also protects IDC infrastructure against numerous types of attacks, including TCP State Exhaustion, HTTP/Web Attacks, DNS Floods/Authentication Attacks, TCP SYN Floods, Spoofed / Non-Spoofed Attacks, UDP Floods and dozens more.

Cloud Signaling
Working with its Internet Service Provider (ISP) and Managed Security Services Provider (MSSP) customers, Arbor Networks has developed a protocol to facilitate both customer edge mitigation of application-layer attacks and upstream mitigation of volumetric attacks in an automated and real-time manner. Cloud Signaling is an efficient and integrated system bridging the customer premise to the service provider cloud.

ATLAS Intelligence Feed
The Arbor ATLAS intelligence feed enables Pravail APS to provide unprecedented protection against botnet-fueled DDoS attacks. Over the past five years, Arbor has tracked the rise of botnet-fueled DDoS attacks -- in this year's Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report, botnets were identified as the primary engine fueling DDoS attacks that threaten the availability of data center and cloud-based infrastructures. Arbor has unique visibility into DDoS botnets because of its ATLAS infrastructure, which combines a darknet sensor network with traffic data from more than 100 service provider customers around the world.
This enormous dataset enables Arbor's security researchers to develop a unique, globally-scoped view of malicious traffic traversing backbone networks that form the Internet's core. This insight is critical, as botnets are constantly changing and updating to thwart detection.

The new ATLAS Intelligence Feed delivers deep DDoS signatures in real time to keep the data center edge protected against hundreds of botnet-fueled DDoS attack toolsets and their variants. Moreover, this new feed includes geo-location data and automates the identification of attacks against data center infrastructure and services from known botnets while ensuring that updates for new threats are automatically delivered without software upgrades. Arbor's researchers are constantly analyzing DDoS botnet attacks -- more than 4,300 to date. The ATLAS Intelligence Feed enables customers to directly benefit from the depth and breadth of Arbor's research team.

For more information on Arbor Networks DDoS Detection & Mitigation Solutions
http://www.youtube.com/user/ArborNetworks

About WhiteGold Solutions
WhiteGold is the first Unified Value Distributor (UVD) in the Australia IT channels. Our portfolio includes a comprehensive range of security, networking, storage and VoIP solutions, as well as associated pre-and-post-sales and technical support services, wholesale managed services, certified training courses and professional services -- all delivered through the very best Reseller and Service Integrator Partners. For further information, please visit http://www.whitegold.com.au/.

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 vast 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 arbornetworks.com and our blog at asert.arbor.net.

Note to Editors: Arbor Networks, Peakflow, ATLAS and the Arbor Networks logo are trademarks of Arbor Networks, Inc. All other brand names may be trademarks of their respective owners.