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IT S TIME TO GET SERIOUS ABOUT CYBER CRIME Despite the headline grabbing attacks, it s not just big businesses and governments that are falling victim to cyber crime. Small & medium enterprises (SMEs) provide rich pickings too and are increasingly coming under attack. Cyber attackers prey on the knowledge that most small businesses do not to have as much IT protection as enterprise organisations, usually due to lack of technical, financial and human resources. However thriving small businesses are often innovative and specialist, so their customer data and intellectual property can be of significant value. Hackers may also want to exploit their supply chain to reach larger or more valuable targets amongst their customers and suppliers. In addition, a growing dependency on web-based applications and services eg. for customer or partner portals, is increasing the risk (and potential cost) of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Especially as the cost and technical complexity of mounting such attacks is now very low, so the motives behind them are now much more wide ranging including extortion attempts, a protest against company practices, or even an act of revenge by a disgruntled client or ex-employee. Now, with very little technical knowledge and money, anyone with a grudge can launch an attack and potentially stifle a business growth or, in the worst cases, close them down. The issue of cyber security for small businesses is made even more pressing by new European regulations aimed at protecting customer data. The EU s new General Data Protection Regulation will come into force in 2018 and could result in companies being fined up to 20m or 4% of their annual turnover, whichever is greater, for allowing any security breaches to compromise their customer data. SMEs need radically better DDoS protection, because you cannot always rely on your Internet Service Provider (ISP) to protect you. Two thirds of small firms have been a victim of cyber crime in the last two years. Federation of Small Businesses¹ ¹ Cyber Resilience: How to protect small firms in the digital economy, Federation of Small Businesses, June 2016
AN AFFORDABLE WAY TO PROTECT YOUR BUSINESS The Availability Protection System (APS) from Arbor Networks is an on-premise security solution focused on securing the network perimeter to protect the continuity and availability of business systems and services from the growing constellation of DDoS attacks and other advanced threats. Originally developed to meet the exacting security needs of large enterprises, Arbor has introduced a new 100M license option for its APS 2600 appliance. So small and medium sized businesses can enjoy premium class on-premise protection, but at an affordable price and on an easy-todeploy platform. It incorporates sophisticated attack detection and mitigation technology that provides a complete view of network activities and enables fast remediation and expert-level blocking, so it can automatically neutralise attacks before they impact critical applications and services. It also has the capability to extend your protection even further by using Cloud Signaling to connect with cloud-based DDoS services. It can then automatically alert upstream service providers, such as your ISP or Arbor Cloud, when larger attacks threaten availability to ensure that they are mitigated much faster. FIVE REASONS TO CHOOSE APS 2600 1) Affordable Many of the DDoS protection products that are available to SMEs are either add-ons to other products or miss out essential functionality to keep the price low. With Arbor APS 2600 you can enjoy enterprise-class security without compromise. The 100M version is available from as little as $17,995, so now you can afford to deploy the solution that you ve always wanted and your business really needs. 2) Simple APS 2600 is ideal if you have limited technical expertise. Anyone can deploy it. It s plug & play design means it can be quickly and easily installed using the default settings. So you can protect your organisation almost instantly even during an attack. But, over time, you can also easily tailor it to suit your specific business needs. The simplicity of its design and user interface have won industry recognition, including the Gold Award for Best Security Hardware at the 2016 Info Security Products Guide s Awards. Arbor APS delivers out-of-the-box, proven attack identification and mitigation capabilities that can be deployed with little configuration, even during an attack. 2016 Info Security Products Guide s Awards 3) Effective Despite its affordability and usability, APS 2600 still incorporates an enterprise-class set of tools to stop TCP state-exhaustion and application layer attacks before they impact your network and service availability. So you can benefit from exactly the same level of protection as the world s largest business that the system was originally developed for. In particular, it receives non-stop, actionable information about the very latest threats from Arbor s ATLAS Intelligence Feed. As new attack information is discovered, the information is delivered automatically to all Arbor products, arming them with the new threat intelligence to block and mitigate the very latest types of attack or advanced threats before your business is compromised. No other solution can do this!
FIVE REASONS TO CHOOSE APS 2600 4) Scalable The version of APS 2600 for SMEs is our smallest appliance, but it can still handle up to 100 Mbps of inspected throughput on-site. However, for an affordable monthly subscription, it can also be seamlessly combined with Arbor s cloud-based DDoS service. This will then automatically and rapidly defend against volumetric DDoS attacks that are too large to be mitigated on-premise, without interrupting access to your applications and services. This enables you to handle any size of attack, without your on-site defences being overwhelmed and without having to wait for your security vendor to manually switch on additional cloud-based protection. A hybrid solution is the only effective way to address volumetric and application layer attacks. Frost & Sullivan² 5) Comprehensive It is important to understand the distinction between DDoS detection and DDoS protection solutions. Some technologies, especially those that are often sold as add-ons to a Firewall, are simply designed to detect when an organisation becomes the target for a DDoS attack, but offer no protection or mitigation capabilities. By complete contrast, Arbor offers a fully integrated combination of in-cloud and on-premises protection products and services, continuously backed by global threat intelligence. No one else in the industry offers such a comprehensive DDoS protection solution, which is why Arbor is the number one provider of DDoS prevention appliances across the Carrier, Enterprise and Mobile markets³. By providing a complete solution to all of your data protection needs we assume full accountability for protecting your business so you don t have to waste time managing multiple relationships and responsibilities are much clearer, so there is no buck passing. This approach reflects industry best practice. To stop modern day DDoS and advanced threats industry analysts recommend a comprehensive, multi-layered approach, in order to detect, prevent and respond to attacks faster and more intelligently. You also have access to an unprecedented level of technical expertise. The Arbor Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) is a world-renowned group of security engineers and researchers dedicated to monitoring Internet threats at all times. With ASERT, organisations gain the expertise needed to reinforce their overworked security response groups and optimise the defence of their entire network infrastructure. THE TIME TO ACT IS NOW With the rise in volume and complexity of DDoS attacks it is almost inevitable that your business will be attacked with potentially serious consequences for your profitability, customer relationships, reputation and growth prospects. APS 2600 provides enterprise-class protection, but at a small business price, so can you really afford to be without it? ² Uncover the Burgeoning Market for DDoS Mitigation, Frost & Sullivan, August 2014. ³ DDoS Prevention Appliances: Biannual Market Tracker. IHS Infonetics, June 2016
ABOUT ARBOR NETWORKS Arbor Networks, the security division of NETSCOUT, helps secure the world s largest enterprise and service provider networks from DDoS attacks and advanced threats. Arbor is the world s leading provider of DDoS protection in the enterprise, carrier and mobile market segments, according to Infonetics Research. Arbor Networks Spectrum advanced threat solution delivers complete network visibility through a combination of packet capture and NetFlow technology, enabling the rapid detection and mitigation of attack campaigns, malware and malicious insiders. Arbor strives to be a force multiplier, making network and security teams the experts. Our goal is to provide a richer picture into networks and more security context so customers can solve problems faster and reduce the risks to their business. To learn more about Arbor products and services, please visit our website at arbornetworks.com or follow on Twitter @ArborNetworks.