Steinthor Bjarnason
Senior Network Security Analyst
Steinthor Bjarnason is a Senior Network Security Analyst on NETSCOUT's ASERT team, performing applied research on new technologies and solutions to defend against DDoS attacks.
Steinthor has over twenty years of experience working on Internet Security, IoT Security, Cloud Security, SDN Security, Core Network Security and DDoS attack mitigation. Steinthor is an inventor and principal of the Cisco Autonomic Networking Initiative, with a specific focus on Security Automation where he holds a number of related patents.
Blog Posts
- Mar 16, 2021—Datagram Transport Layer Security (D/TLS) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations
- Feb 04, 2021—Plex Media SSDP (PMSSDP) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations
- Jan 20, 2021—Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attack Mitigation Recommendations - January 2021
- Dec 29, 2020—Lazarus Bear Armada DDoS Extortion Campaign — December 2020
- Sep 03, 2020—High-Profile DDoS Extortion Attacks — September 2020
- Apr 02, 2020—Evolution of a New DDoS Technique
- Nov 26, 2019—The Next Big DDoS Event Is Just Around the Corner. Or Is It?
- Nov 20, 2019—Innovation and Product Development Is Accelerating—On the Wrong Side
- Nov 18, 2019—Was Memcached a Turning Point?
- Sep 16, 2019—DDoS Attacks Hit Hard in September
- Jun 26, 2019—A Call to ARMS: Apple Remote Management Service UDP Reflection/Amplification DDoS Attacks