DDoS

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DDoS attacks can represent up to 18% of a country’s total Internet traffic, according to Cisco VNI, and they are occurring and increasing at roughly the same rate as internet traffic.

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Attacks that lock systems and encrypt data are just the beginning.

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As part of our annual Visual Networking Index (VNI) Complete Forecast, we have focused on analyzing Internet traffic and digital trends for more than a decade. Here are three networking and Internet trends.

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The shift from SDI to IP is enabling you to be more agile, operate at a lower cost, and gain the flexibility to deliver premium 4K/UHD content to subscribers on virtually any device at anytime, anywhere.

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For the past couple of weeks, security and the Internet of Things (IoT) have been in the news like never before. During the first few days after the massive distributed...

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Following the sophisticated and highly distributed attack involving tens of millions of IP addresses this past week, the concept of DDoS protection is on the forefront of network administrators and operator’s minds alike.  While the nature and source of the attack is under investigation, understanding what can be done to prevent and mitigate future attacks is […]

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Light Reading and Cisco present a series of live online lectures by key service providers on how to keep pace with changing threats and take a proactive approach to network security.

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This week we’ve been talking a lot about security, and especially security for video applications. One challenge facing everyone – mobile, cloud, video – is Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. Three key points – Attacks are getting bigger. We’re now seeing volumetric attacks of up to 400 Gigabits per second. DDoS attacks are getting […]

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The internet has finally made anytime, anywhere video consumption a reality. But for service providers that means facing down a new set of security challenges to keep content and customer data out of harm’s way. Things used to be simpler. There was a time when content providers and broadcasters had one pipe to manage. That […]