NRB ’ s cybersecurity specialists employed NETSCOUT ’ s Arbor Cloud , a cloud-based managed DDoS protection service , along with Arbor Edge Defense ( AED ), an on-premises adaptive DDoS protection solution , to perform pre-emptive mitigation in the days before the election .

Working collaboratively , the teams planned and implemented an effective strategy to ensure the security and performance of NRB ’ s infrastructure during the election .

“ Pre-planning and proven , scalable DDoS protection is critical to maintaining network and service availability given the growing sophistication and frequency of DDoS attacks today ,” said Darren Anstee , Chief Security Technologist , NETSCOUT .

Our teams worked together to anticipate and react to potential threats to deliver optimal service levels to support the elections .

“ NRB ’ s cybersecurity team worked seamlessly with us to plan an effective strategy to protect the infrastructure supporting this election , using adaptive DDoS protection . Our teams ’ focus on this challenge and the strategy and technologies we used to mitigate attacks proved effective in defending Belgium ’ s electoral process .”

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