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U.S. University Detects and Prevents DDoS Attacks with NETSCOUT Arbor Solution
Technology Category
- Cybersecurity & Privacy - Network Security
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Cybersecurity
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Cybersecurity Services
The Challenge
The university’s IT team was in the process of planning a technology upgrade, including cybersecurity and network solutions. During this process, the university experienced a volumetric DDoS attack that consumed university bandwidth on a targeted service. This attack coincided with the annual student “move-in” day, causing significant disruption. The IT team needed to quickly restore services to returning students and prevent future DDoS attacks. They required a solution that could support its existing Cisco infrastructure, while also scaling to their 100G network environment.
About The Customer
The customer is a historic U.S. university known for its long-standing commitment to academic excellence. The university’s vast graduate and undergraduate programs have produced alumni who serve as leaders in international government, finance, industry, healthcare, science, and the arts. The university has a massive Information Technology (IT) commitment to keep essential university services up and running. This effort includes numerous departments delivering more than 200 business services to students and faculty. These IT services vary from infrastructure, unified communications and collaboration (UC&C), security and identity & access management (I&AM), research computing, professional services, and client computing oversight.
The Solution
The IT team found both near-term relief from, and ongoing prevention of, DDoS attacks with NETSCOUT® Arbor quickly deploying a multilayer solution that leveraged the university’s existing infrastructure. The Arbor security solution protects against DDoS attacks that threaten availability, as well as advanced threats that could infiltrate the network. The university’s DDoS Protection solution includes Arbor Cloud for Enterprise, Arbor SP, Arbor Threat Mitigation System, and ATLAS Intelligence Feed. The Arbor Cloud for Enterprise provides integrated on-premise and Cloud-based mitigation for protection from the full spectrum of modern DDoS attacks. The Arbor SP proactively detects network or service availability threats, quickly diagnosing and preventing misconfigurations, flash crowds, or malicious DDoS attack threats from impacting availability. The Arbor Threat Mitigation System automatically removes attack traffic without interrupting the flow of non-attack business traffic in the university’s 100G network environment. The ATLAS Intelligence Feed provides policies and countermeasures that enable the university’s IT team to quickly address attacks as part of an advanced threat or DDoS attack.
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