INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Enterprise Security
Arbor Networks
releases global
DDoS attack data
for 1H 2016
A
rbor Networks, the security
division of NETSCOUT, has
released global DDoS attack
data for the first six months of 2016
that shows a continuing escalation
in the both the size and frequency of
attacks.
Arbor’s data is gathered through
ATLAS, a collaborative partnership
www.intelligentcio.com
with more than 330 service provider
customers who share anonymous traffic
data with Arbor in order to deliver
a comprehensive, aggregated view
of global traffic and threats. ATLAS
provides the data for the Digital Attack
Map, a visualisation of global attack
traffic created in collaboration with
Google Ideas. ATLAS data has also
been utilised recently in Cisco’s Visual
Networking Index Report and the
Verizon Data Breach Incident Report.
Global DDoS activity
DDoS remains a commonly used attack
type due to the ready availability of free
tools and inexpensive online services
that allow anyone with a grievance and
an internet connection to launch an
attack. This has led to an increase in
both the frequency, size and complexity
of attacks in recent years.
• ATLAS has observed an average of
124,000 events per week over the last
18 months
• A 73% increase in peak attack size
over 2015, to 579Gbps
• 274 attacks over 100Gbps monitored
in 1H 2016, versus 223 in all of 2015
• 46 attacks over 200Gbps monitored in
1H2016, versus 16 in all of 2015
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