Allot Communications, a leading global provider of intelligent broadband solutions, announced today that it has received five orders for its anti-DDoS solution, Allot ServiceProtector. The solution provides protection against massive (DDoS) attacks, prevention of outbound spam, and containment and cleanup of infected botnet hosts.
According to Allot, the five Tier-1 operators have selected Allot ServiceProtector to deliver and monetize value-added security offerings to customers. The company said that Allot ServiceProtector solution employs state-of-the-art Network and Host Behavior Anomaly Detection (NBAD, HBAD) technologies, scales to Terabit networks and allows to quickly and accurately identify and neutralize security threats before they disrupt service delivery. Allot added that ServiceProtector Sensor and Mitigation functions are embedded within Allot Service Gateway platforms and Allot NetEnforcer devices to protect service networks against a number of growing threats including DoS/DDoS attacks against customer web services; Zero Day attacks; anomalous traffic impacting network and service performance; anomalous behavior such as spamming, worm propagation, botnet attacks; and malicious user activity such as probing and flooding.
Yaniv Sulkes, AVP Marketing at Allot Communications
Network operators are not just delivering bandwidth, they are tasked with protecting and ensuring availability of fixed and mobile broadband networks and the services they deliver to their customers. Allot is playing a critical role by delivering a high scale security solution that can not only protect performance but also enhance network integrity. By detecting traffic anomalies and instantly blocking, limiting, and isolating offending traffic, Allot can mitigate threats without interrupting legitimate traffic.