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Arelion report identifies Europe as key DDoS battlefield
increasingly significant part of the hybrid warfare arsenal .
As the Ukrainian authorities sought a safe harbour for digital state registries and databases , Arelion saw the distribution of attacks move away from active conflict areas into global cloud centres – both as a result of damage to local network infrastructure but also as local databases and applications were strategically migrated into the cloud .
Arelion has announced the findings of a new DDoS Threat Landscape Report , with a unique perspective on key global DDoS trends observed in 2022 from traffic data on its number one ranked Internet backbone , AS1299 .
The report investigates the overall impact of DDoS attacks , the evolution of specific attack vectors and the significance of major social and geopolitical events . The findings reveal that Europe saw the greatest concentration of DDoS activity in 2022 , most likely a consequence of the war in Ukraine .
As with previous years , DDoS attacks appear to reflect major geo-political challenges and social tensions and have become an
Conversely , in the rest of the world , Arelion observed lower Asia-US DDoS activity and fewer DDoS attacks to and from South America in 2022 .
In 2022 , peak attack traffic in Mega Packets Per Second ( Mpps ) was up 19 % from 2021 . This trend reflects overall Internet traffic growth but is also due to a continuing shift towards fewer but more spectacular attacks .
Türk Telekom delivers DDoS protection services for business customers with A10 Networks
One of Turkey ’ s leading integrated telecommunication operators , Türk Telekom , has announced it has deployed A10 Thunder TPS from A10 Networks to deliver DDoS protection services for its business customers . The service is protecting critical infrastructure from DDoS attacks , enhancing service access reliability for subscribers using an on-premises DDoS protection solution from A10 Networks .
Maintaining security and service availability for business customers
As one of the first ISPs to invest in cybersecurity service offerings in Türkiye , Türk Telekom aims to protect its business customers with a full range of service options . With its hybrid protection model in managing DDoS services , Türk Telekom is the only service provider in Türkiye that provides backbone-level protection against application-layer attacks with its DDoS 7 + services .
In today ’ s world , where the number of DDoS attacks rise continually at a significant rate , Türk Telekom started offering an advanced DDoS protection solution , capable of separating legitimate traffic from illegitimate , to provide consistent and reliable service availability for customers . With this solution , the company achieved enhanced protection of its own network backbone , automation and high capacity .
“ As a leading cybersecurity service provider in Türkiye , we understand our customers ’ needs and improve our product portfolio continuously to ensure strong security and resilient infrastructure with our unique managed security experience ,” said Zeynep Özden , Türk Telekom Marketing and Customer Experience Assistant General Manager .
“ A10 ’ s superior detection and mitigation capabilities supporting a DDoS scrubbing service , in addition to high performance and scalability , is very attractive to Türk Telekom ,” said Dhrupad Trivedi , President and CEO of A10 Networks . “ Türk Telekom is protecting its customers ’ critical infrastructure from cybersecurity threats and maintaining service availability with a resilient infrastructure built on A10 technology .”
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