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/ Chris Lucas

Fact Versus Fiction in Modern DDoS Attacks and Defense Strategies

Did 300 ancient Spartan warriors hold off tens of thousands of Persians at Thermopylae? Probably not. Did George Washington chop down his father’s cherry tree and then confess...

  • DDoS
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/ John English

Must-Have KPIs for New FTTH/FTTx/DAA Infrastructure

Service availability and user experience are arguably the two most important metrics a cable/multiple-system-operator (MSO) or fixed-line carrier needs to constantly measure...

  • Service Provider
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/ NETSCOUT

How to Prepare for and Mitigate DDoS Attacks

Organizations in any sector, in any vertical market, and in any part of the world depend on the Internet in order to function. They must be able to operate at the speeds and scale...

  • DDoS
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/ Gary Sockrider

Introducing the 5th Anniversary DDoS Threat Intelligence Report

The rising tide of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks threatens organizations worldwide that deliver critical access and services. From our first Worldwide Infrastructure...

  • DDoS
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/ John English

Moving to the Cable Edge with DAA

A major evolution to the cable/multiple system operators (MSO) infrastructure is underway with the deployment of fiber to the home and business premises (FTTX/FTTH) and the...

  • Service Provider
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/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Destination 6G: Next Stop 5G Advanced

Ready or not, 5G has ushered in many emerging technologies, and it is advancing the technology ecosystem onward to 6G. The sixth generation of wireless technology promises to...

  • Service Provider
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/ John English

Moving to the Cloud with 5G Standalone Means Moving to Automation

A few years ago, 5G came out of the gate as the fastest-deployed mobile technology to date. And then came a slowdown. What happened to 5G deployment? There are several good...

  • Service Provider
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/ John English

Justifying the Cost of 5G: The Search for a True Business Case

Communications service providers (CSPs) are spending big to bring 5G to market. A recent industry report found that over the past five years, the wireless industry has invested...

  • Service Provider
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/ Agnes Mends Crentsil

Cloud-native: It’s Not a Matter of If, but When for Communications Service Providers

The journey to a cloud-native network environment is complex for communications service providers (CSPs). To transform their networks into a cloud-native ecosystem, CSPs must...

  • Service Provider
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/ Michael Wetherbee

Actionable Threat Intelligence Is Required to Automatically Stop Zero-Day DDoS Attacks

A Zero-Day distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is an attack that does not have a known solution. It is referred to as a “Zero-Day” threat because once the defect is...

  • DDoS
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/ Michael Wetherbee

How Much Damage Can Smaller DDoS Attacks Do? Look No Further Than Ticketmaster

Botnet proliferation is growing at an alarming rate. In 1H 2022 alone, NETSCOUT’s global honeypot network observed more than 67 million connections from 608,000 unique IP addresses...

  • DDoS