Tata Comm rolls out network-agnostic DDoS

MUMBAI, INDIA: Tata Communications on Wednesday announced the global launch of its network-agnostic Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) protection.

Delivered over a cloud-based infrastructure, the DDoS Detection and Mitigation services will be available to any enterprise that depends on its internet availability to serve customers, suppliers, partners and other stake-holders, said a press release.

DDoS attacks are caused by thousands of globally distributed internet-based ‘bots’ flooding target websites with such a high volume of traffic that genuine users can no longer visit. They can affect any organisation that has an online presence.

These increasingly frequent attacks can be driven by crime, malice, espionage or even national security issues and typically, prevents organisations from conducting business over the Internet.

DDoS constantly monitors traffic patterns across a network, detects attacks against a customer’s internet-facing infrastructure and then ‘scrubs’ the data, discarding attack traffic while ensuring that legitimate traffic can reach the intended infrastructure.

This allows the customer’s business to stay online and fully operational throughout an attack.

“Tata Communications operates the largest DDoS scrubbing infrastructure built into any carrier’s backbone. We are also one of the largest ISPs in the world,” says Adam Rice, chief security officer and vice president of Managed Security Services, Tata Communications.

“With this scale, we have successfully defended every DDoS attack levied against our customers. By expanding our offering to be network agnostic, we’re now making the capability available to a much larger community - a community that requires access to a high-capacity infrastructure where their traffic can be scrubbed rather than black-holed,” he said.