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Man sitting at row of monitors in a NOC.
/ Michael Wetherbee

Are Attacks Hiding in Your Encrypted Traffic?

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attackers are both persistent and creative. One of their creative methods that has seen an increase recently is attacks on HTTPS web...

  • DDoS
  • Security
  • Service Provider
Sign with words REWARD and arrow pointing right and below RISK with arrow pointing left
/ Jennifer Steele

A Poet’s Guide to Digital Transformation

“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” Although T.S. Eliot originally penned these words as a preface for Harry Crosby’s 1931 poetry...

  • Service Provider
woman sitting at desk looking at monitor
/ Brad Christian

Data Protection Compliance Checklist for Service Providers

Various data protection laws exist worldwide. The most notable include the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the U.S. California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA)...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
Urban Cityscape
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Fixed Wireless Access: A 5G Revenue Opportunity

Fixed wireless access (FWA) technology is accelerating the close of the digital divide in urban areas and underserved communities by allowing communications service providers (CSPs...

  • Service Provider
Single Layer Defense Best Deterrent DDoS attacks
/ Michael Wetherbee

Single-Layer Defense Is at Best a Deterrent to DDoS Attacks

Industry analysts are coming to grips with the fact that due to today’s growing frequency (e.g., 6.4 million attacks in 2H 2023), size (1.1Tbps), and complexity of distributed...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
5G AI Change World
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Will 5G Change the World?

Listen to an RCRWireless News podcast with Greg Mayo, senior director of engineering at NETSCOUT, discussing the progress of 5G deployments in terms of successes and areas for...

  • Service Provider
5G NETSCOUT AIOps Strategy
/ Jennifer Steele

Turn Your Technology Stretch into a Strategic Leap

Recently, NETSCOUT's Chief Solutions Architect Richard Fulwiler joined Heavy Reading's Principal Analyst Ruth Brown for an informative session aimed at exploring the changing 5G...

  • Service Provider
5G Mature Network Slicing for Automation and API's
/ John English

Maturing Network Slicing with Automation and APIs

Network X Americas' "Investment, Innovation & Disruption: Telco Reinvented" event is coming to the Irving, Texas convention center May 21-23 this year, bringing the vendor and...

  • Service Provider
DDoS Center Stage Global Threat Landscape
/ Gary Sockrider

DDoS Takes Center Stage on the Global Threat Landscape

NETSCOUT’s biannual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report dissects trends and attack methodologies adversaries use against service providers, enterprises, and end users. The information...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
True Network Security Requires Hybrid or Layered Approach
/ Michael Wetherbee

True Network Security Requires a Hybrid or Layered Approach

Whether in government, financial, manufacturing, or other sectors, misconceptions persist regarding the best way large organizations can protect themselves from distributed denial...

  • DDoS
  • Service Provider
service-providers-journey-cloud-based-architectures
/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

The Service Providers’ Journey to Cloud-Based Architectures

Moving to cloud-based architectures from traditional physical telecommunication systems is complicated and complex. Communications service providers (CSPs) are evolving on the 5G...

  • Security
  • Service Provider
5G Geolocation NETSCOUT
/ Heather Broughton

Tapping into the Gold Mine of 5G Location Data

For government agencies, planning ahead is imperative. Whether it’s building new roads adjusting traffic flows, anticipating energy consumption, or improving the delivery of public...

  • Service Provider