Bangalore: Check Point Software Technologies which secures the Internet,  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 is emerging as a weapon of choice for hackers; they form weapons of mass disruption.  The DDoS protector appliance line from Check Point marks our entrance into a new and critical area of network security.  As the prevalence of DDoS attacks continue to rise, it is important to enable our customers to protect themselves and diminish one of the biggest security risks across today’s threat landscape. Check Point DDoS Protector appliances 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, which protect organizations with an additional layer of security to stop DoS attacks in their tracks,” said Bhaskar Bakthavatsalu, Regional Director, India and SAARC, Check Point Software Technologies.

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.  

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:

1. Network and Traffic Flood Protections
2. Application Based DDoS Protections
3. 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.