AI-Automated DDoS Protection Backed by Unparalleled Global Threat Intelligence
Your Network's First and Last Line of Perimeter Defense
DDoS attacks continue to grow in frequency and sophistication, but most organizations rely on single-layer protection with documented blind spots. ISPs pass through sub-1 Gbps attacks that crash firewalls and application servers. CDNs can't mitigate direct-to-origin attacks or those exploiting their own proxy infrastructure. Public cloud DDoS protection covers only cloud-hosted workloads.
NETSCOUT Arbor Edge Defense (AED) closes these gaps as an always-on, inline, on-premises DDoS protection solution deployed between your internet router and firewall. Arbor Edge Defense doesn't replace your ISP, CDN, or cloud service; it completes them, handling what they hide or can't mitigate to protect your most business-critical services. Arbor Edge Defense also blocks inbound non-DDoS threats: scanning, brute force attempts, and outbound C2 communication from compromised internal devices, making it a true first and last line of perimeter defense.
Stop What Others Miss. Protect What Matters Most
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Why Arbor Edge Defense?
"Best class inline DDoS mitigation solution"
"Robust Solution for Mitigation of Attacks"
"Very reliable information"
"As an analyst, AED has helped me triage many alerts throughout the years."
Stateless, Always-On, AI Powered Perimeter DDoS Attack Protection
Arbor Edge Defense’s stateless, always-on DDoS attack protection at the perimeter of the network complements cloud-only based protection (e.g. ISP, CDN or public cloud) by automatically stopping small, short-lived inbound application-layer and state exhaustion DDoS attacks that can impact your most critical applications and firewalls.
CDN-Aware Mitigation
Arbor Edge Defense stops direct-to-origin attacks that CDN-based protection cannot and applies countermeasures per attack source that are trying to exploit CDN proxies, enabling Arbor Edge Defense and CDN DDoS protection to work together seamlessly.
Non-DDoS Attack Protection
Arbor Edge Defense stops more than DDoS attacks. Arbor Edge Defense can automatically stop inbound scanning, brute force password attacks, and inbound or outbound communication to known malicious sites using millions of IoCs from NETSCOUT’s world-class ATLAS Intelligence Feed or third-party threat intelligence feeds.
Artificial Intelligence Powered Adaptive DDoS protection
NETSCOUT’s Adaptive DDoS Protection solution for Arbor Edge Defense integrates AI-driven traffic analysis to detect new attacks, classify their nature, recommend tailored countermeasures and automatically mitigate the new attacks if required.
Selective Decryption
Rather than blindly decrypting all incoming traffic, Arbor Edge Defense allows administrators to target specific protected services, IP segments, or protection levels. This preserves privacy and optimizes appliance performance.
Centralized DDoS and Threat Management
Arbor Enterprise Manager manages the deployment of all Arbor Edge Defense providing unified DDoS management and reporting via a centralized management console.
Artificial Intelligence Powered Threat Intelligence
NETSCOUT’s AI threat curation capabilities are built on a foundation of unmatched global visibility into internet traffic and DDoS threats.
Intelligently Integrated Hybrid DDoS Protection
Arbor Edge Defense’s cloud-signaling feature automatically and intelligently integrates on-premises mitigation with Arbor Cloud cloud-based mitigation to stop sophisticated, multi-vector DDoS attacks including volumetric attacks that overwhelm your internet circuit.
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