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Arbor Threat Mitigation System (TMS)

Proven, Comprehensive Threat Protection and
Service Enablement

Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Cloud Providers and Enterprises face a common problem.
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a major risk to service availability. The power,
KEY FEATURES & BENEFITS sophistication and frequency of DDoS attacks continue to increase. Data center operators
and network providers need a defense that is effective, cost-efficient and easily managed.
Surgical Mitigation Arbor Threat Mitigation System (TMS) is the acknowledged leader in DDoS protection. More
Automatically remove only the attack traffic Service Providers, Cloud Providers and large Enterprises use Arbor TMS for DDoS mitigation
without interrupting the flow of non-attack than any other solution.
business traffic.

Orchestration and Automation for DDoS Protection

Full Portfolio of Mitigation Platforms The Arbor solution integrates network-wide intelligence and anomaly detection with carrier-
and Capacities class threat management to help identify and stop volumetric, TCP state exhaustion and
Choose from a variety of mitigation platforms application-layer DDoS attacks.
and capacities including: 2U appliances
(1 Gbps to 400 Gbps), virtualized in Cisco Arbor TMS network appliances provide the vital, traffic-scrubbing component of the
ASR 9000 Router (10– 60 Gbps) and KVM & Arbor solution. Arbor TMS can be deployed inline to provide an automated ‘always on’
VMware hypervisor (1-40 Gbps). Software on solution. Unlike other products, it also supports a mitigation architecture called “diversion/
certified COTS (50 Mbps to 100+ Gbps). reinjection.” In this mode, only the traffic stream carrying the DDoS attack is redirected to
Arbor TMS through routing updates issued by the Arbor solution. Arbor TMS removes only
the malicious traffic from that stream and forwards the legitimate traffic to its intended
Unified Command and Control of destination.
Eight Tbps of Mitigation
Scale DDoS defenses to an unprecedented This is highly advantageous for Service Providers, large Enterprises and large Hosting/
level. Deploy up to 40Tbps of aggregate, Cloud providers. It enables a single, centrally located Arbor TMS to protect multiple links
centrally-managed mitigation capacity and multiple data centers. It results in much more efficient use of mitigation and fully non-
per deployment. intrusive security. Inline devices must inspect all traffic all the time on the links they monitor.
Arbor TMS only needs to inspect traffic that is redirected to it in response to an attack on a
specific target.
Managed Services Enabler
Meet rapidly growing demand for DDoS
protection services. Use Arbor TMS to deliver
profitable in-cloud DDoS protection services. CISCO ASR 9000
VDDoS PROTECTION

Comprehensive List of Attack

DDoS Edge Protection
Countermeasures
Protect your infrastructure and/or your
customers from the largest and most
Attack Traffic
complex volumetric, TCP-state exhaustion ​
and application-layer DDoS attacks.
Non-Attack Traffic
CUSTOMER

Flexible Deployment
Deploy application-layer intelligence, threat
detection and surgical mitigation in different ARBOR SIGHTLINE TRAFFIC ARBOR TMS
portions of your network for infrastructure ROUTING & ANALYSIS

protection and more profitable managed

DDoS protection services.

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Comprehensive Threat Detection

Data centers and public networks present multiple targets for DDoS attacks. These targets MULTIPLE METHODS OF THREAT
include infrastructure devices (e.g., routers, switches and load balancers), Domain Name Systems DETECTION AND MITIGATION
(DNS), bandwidth capacity and key applications such as web, eCommerce, voice and video.
Even security devices such as Firewalls and Intrusion Prevention Systems are targets of attack.
Block known malicious hosts by using
The Arbor solution provides the most comprehensive and adaptive suite of threat detection
white and black lists
capabilities in the industry, designed to protect diverse resources from complex, blended attacks.
These capabilities include statistical anomaly detection, protocol anomaly detection, fingerprint The whitelist contains authorized hosts, while
the blacklist contains zombies or compromised
matching and profiled anomaly detection. Our solution continually learns and adapts in real-time,
hosts whose traffic will be blocked.
alerting operators to attacks, as well as to unusual changes in demand and service levels.

Surgical Mitigation in Seconds Block application-layer exploits by

Key to effective mitigation is the ability to identify and block attack traffic while allowing non-attack using complex filters
traffic to flow through to its intended destination. Large-scale DDoS attacks affect not only the Arbor TMS provides payload visibility and
intended victim, but also other unfortunate customers who may be using the same shared network filtering to better ensure cloaked attacks cannot
service. To reduce this collateral damage, Service Providers and Hosting providers often shut down bring down critical services.
all traffic destined for the victim’s site, thus completing the DDoS attack. Whether it’s a high-volume
flood attack designed to exhaust bandwidth capacity or a targeted attack looking to bring down a
Defend against web-based threats by
website, in some cases, Arbor TMS can isolate and remove the attack traffic, without affecting other
detecting and mitigating HTTP-specific
users, in as fast as a few seconds. Methods include identifying and black-listing malicious hosts, IP
attacks
location-based mitigation, protocol anomaly-based filtering, malformed packet removal and rate
limiting (to gracefully manage non-malicious demand spikes). Mitigations can be automated or These mechanisms also help with managing
flash-crowd scenarios.
operator-initiated and countermeasures can be combined to address blended attacks.

Real-Time Mitigation Dashboard Protect critical DNS services

Arbor TMS real-time mitigation dashboard is a single screen that shows operators exactly what From cache poisoning, resource exhaustion and
is generating a DDoS alert and what effect the countermeasures are having on the attack. It amplification attacks. Add greater visibility into
provides the ability to modify countermeasures and delivers full packet capture and decode DNS services.
to get a detailed view of both normal and attack packet streams. This information is stored for
future reference and management reporting — giving operators and managers full visibility and
Protect VoIP services
reporting into attacks on their business operations.
From automated scripts or botnets that exploit
packet-per-second and malformed request
floods by employing VoIP/SIP-specific attack
detection and mitigation capabilities.

Stop large reflection/amplification

attacks
Such as NTP, DNS, Memcached, SNMP,
SSDP, SQL RS or Chargen by leveraging up
to 400 Gbps of attack mitigation in a single
Arbor TMS chassis.

Real-time alerting and mitigation dashboard.

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Scalable DDoS Attack Detection and Mitigation

Arbor Sightline scales on physical and virtual instances to provide comprehensive DDoS
detection across an entire Service Provider network, from the customer edge to the peering
edge to the data center edge (or cloud edge) to the mobile edge, including the backbone
network in-between. With this unparalleled visibility, Arbor SP’s workflows enable quick
effective mitigation of any DDoS attack via Arbor TMS or Cisco ASR 9000 vDDoS protection.
Countermeasure based mitigations scale up to 400 Gbps per TMS HD1000 and up to 8
Tbps in a deployment. Blacklisting unlocks an additional layer of protection ahead of any
countermeasure mitigations. The Cisco ASR 9000 vDDoS protection solution uses OpenFlow
to blacklist at massive scale of up to tens of Tbps of protection at any edge of your network
and thereby safeguarding your core links from attack.

Comprehensive Management and Reporting

Arbor TMS simplifies and streamlines operations by providing the ability to view and manage up
to 40Tbps of mitigation capacity from a single point of control. This provides the ability to thwart
multiple, large-scale attacks and produce comprehensive reports that summarize the mitigation
process for customers and/or management.

A Platform for Managed DDoS Services

The Arbor solution enables Service Providers and Hosting/Cloud providers to deliver DDoS
protection services to their customers. Customized portal access, APIs and delegated
management with comprehensive multi-tenancy support give Managed Service Providers
(MSPs) the flexibility and control to tailor services to fit their customers’ needs. Arbor is the
undisputed leader for managed DDoS protection. It is the solution of choice for the vast
majority of leading DDoS managed services.

ATLAS Intelligence Feed

Leveraging a global network of traffic monitoring and sensors, Arbor researchers have
developed ATLAS® Intelligence Feed, a library of targeted defenses providing automatic
protection from the vast majority of botnet-based attacks. ATLAS Intelligence Feed
automatically updates Arbor TMS with new protections as Arbor researchers find and
neutralize emerging threats.

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