With the introduction of highly potent distributed denial-of-service attacks last year that leveraged insecure connected devices, the security industry has been forced to re-evaluate its DDoS defense strategy.
One company that has been changing its approach to new DDoS threats is Corero Network Security PLC (LON:CNS). Earlier this year, the company, based in Marlborough, Mass., introduced a new version of its SmartWall Network Threat Defense with 100 Gbps Ethernet to mitigate the recent wave of powerful, record-setting DDoS attacks, powered by the likes of the Mirai botnet. The SmartWall appliance is also available as part of Corero’s SmartProtect DDoS protection-as-a-service offering.
Ashley Stephenson, Chief Executive Officer of Corero, spoke with SearchSecurity at RSA Conference 2017 about the growing threats of internet of things-enabled DDoS attacks and how the nature of DDoS defense has changed over the years.