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Check Point Fights Denial of Service Attacks With DDoS Protector™ Appliance Line | |
Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2012 04:16:09 PM | |
Redwood City, CA — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 - Check Point® Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today introduced a new line of security appliances designed to fight Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. The new DDoS Protector™ appliances deliver multi-layered protection and up to 12 Gbps of throughput to help businesses stop and defend against the widest range of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks are attempts to disrupt or disable network services by overloading the network with traffic. Cybercriminals can flood targeted networks with an overwhelming amount of traffic or with a few well-crafted requests to completely interrupt legitimate traffic, causing serious network downtime to businesses that rely on networks and Web services to operate. A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute1 found that DDoS attacks rank as one of the top risks among IT practitioners, and in the United States DDoS attacks were the number one concern. The Check Point DDoS Protector appliance line safeguards organizations by blocking all major attack types such as network floods, server floods, application layer DoS attacks, as well as low-and-slow attacks. The new product line provides customers with multi-layered protections that employ a variety of advanced detection and mitigation techniques, including: Network and Traffic Flood Protections
Application Based DDoS Protections
Directed Application DoS/DDoS Protections
The DDoS Protector appliance sits in front of an organization's perimeter gateway and cleans the traffic from DDoS attacks before it reaches the main security gateway. The appliances are integrated with the Check Point management suite to deliver a single point of control over security and provide full visibility of security events. With Check Point SmartEvent, SmartLog and SmartViewTracker, customers benefit from current and historic views of an organization's overall network security and DDoS attack status. "The DDoS Protector appliance line marks our entrance into a new and critical area of network security," said Dorit Dor, vice president of products at Check Point Software Technologies. "As the prevalence of DDoS attacks on enterprises continues to rise, it's important to enable our customers to protect themselves and mitigate one of the biggest security risks across today's threat landscape." Check Point DDoS Protector appliances were developed in conjunction with Radware®, a leading provider of application delivery and application security solutions for virtual and cloud data centers. The DDoS Protector line is comprised of seven models that offer organizations low-latency, high-performance and high port density of up to 16 ports. With ultra-fast response times, the DDoS Protector appliance blocks a wide range of attacks within seconds, and can be easily customized to meet specific network environments and security needs. Check Point customers benefit from 24x7 customer support and access to a dedicated emergency response team. |