Intelligent CIO Europe Issue 84 | Page 49

COUNTRY FOCUS : BELGIUM
NRB ’ s cybersecurity team worked seamlessly with us to plan an effective strategy to protect the infrastructure supporting this election .
What insights did NETSCOUT gain from protecting Belgium ’ s local and provincial elections that might apply to future electoral events ?
While we didn ’ t gain any new insights , we were able to re-affirm our own assessment . That is , a wellprepared and well-educated enterprise or service provider can and will succeed in the face of a significant threat like NoName057 .
What emerging trends in DDoS attack tactics have you observed , and how is NETSCOUT adapting to stay ahead of these evolving threats ?
The major trends include automation , resiliency of attacking infrastructure , smarter obfuscation of attacking sources and turn-key solutions for pre-attack reconnaissance and attack for any would-be DDoS attacker . These innovations come in the form of features on DDoS-for-Hire platforms in the digital underground . p
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