AI-powered Netscout defends against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) assaults
Netscout Introduces AI-Powered DDoS Protection Solutions
Netscout has unveiled the latest AI-driven enhancements for its Arbor Edge Defense and Arbor Enterprise Manager Adaptive DDoS solutions, offering automated protection against distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. These upgrades aim to significantly improve automation, defense capabilities, and operational visibility.
The key AI applications and automation features include:
- Automated IP Protocol Flood Detection and Mitigation: AI algorithms identify and block sophisticated flooding attacks in real time, preventing disruption.
- Advanced DDoS Dashboard: This feature provides enhanced analytics and visual controls for real-time monitoring of ongoing DDoS events, enabling faster and more informed responses.
- Automated Reporting Tools: On-demand reports are generated automatically, improving information sharing across security teams and facilitating quicker decision-making.
- Scoped User Access: AI helps segment data so that operations teams only access their assigned defended environments, strengthening operational security and focus.
- AI-Backed Adaptive DDoS Protection: Powered by the ATLAS Intelligence Feed, which monitors over 700 Tbps of global internet traffic in real-time from more than 500 ISPs and 2,000 enterprise sites worldwide. This feed continuously analyzes data to identify devices involved in DDoS attacks or botnets, allowing the system to autonomously neutralize up to 80% of attacks without manual intervention.
These AI applications automate the detection, classification, and mitigation of a broad spectrum of DDoS attack vectors, accelerating response times, reducing manual workload, and minimizing costly downtime. The integration of global threat intelligence through the ATLAS feed ensures the solutions remain adaptive to emerging attack methods.
The automated protective measures do not compromise the transparency and control of operations teams. Administrators can restrict visibility for specific operational teams to defined, protected locations and infrastructures.
According to an IDC buyer survey from April 2025, 41% of respondents reported damages from online attacks, including DDoS incidents, exceeding 100,000 USD. These technologies enable the detection and mitigation of DDoS threats, better protecting business-critical applications and services.
Chris Rodriguez, the Research Director Security & Trust at IDC, has noted a rising demand for integrated technologies as IT decision-makers grapple with growing security concerns. Netscout's new AI applications offer automated ad-hoc reports for improved information flow between security teams and management, addressing this demand.
The extensions also enable customers to speed up their responses to DDoS attacks, providing an essential tool in the ever-evolving cybersecurity landscape.
- With these AI-powered enhancements, Netscout's Arbor Edge Defense and Arbor Enterprise Manager Adaptive DDoS solutions can now provide automated protection against DDoS attacks, which is crucial in the rapidly evolving cybersecurity landscape, even strengthening the business's finance by mitigating costly downtime.
- Incorporating the ATLAS Intelligence Feed, the AI-Backed Adaptive DDoS Protection can identify devices involved in DDoS attacks or botnets in real-time, providing business owners with a competitive edge in data-and-cloud-computing technology, ensuring business-critical applications and services remain secure.
- The integration of advanced reporting tools helps facilitate quicker decision-making for various business domains, including finance and career planning, as it offers improved information sharing across security teams, aiding in the reduction of potential financial losses due to cyberattacks.
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