Telstra International Launches Global DDoS Protection

LONDON, December 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ --

Service filters traffic on customer Internet connections to Telstra International's global IP backbone to mitigate the impact of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks

Telstra International, a leading global supplier of managed network and hosted services, today launched its Global Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Protection solution. This new service provides added protection to multinational customers' Internet-facing infrastructure against a wide range of DDoS attacks.

The service offers 'in the cloud' protection and mitigation of DDoS attack traffic, averting congestion of customer Internet connections and protecting customer web infrastructure, whilst legitimate, clean traffic is delivered to the customer.

Telstra International's Director of Portfolio and Marketing, Mr Nathan Bell said most global organisations today are reliant on constant online availability and Telstra International's Global DDoS Protection solution helps businesses to avoid disruption and mitigate unexpected costs through a highly resilient protection service."

"DDoS attacks have increased tenfold since 2005.  As they have also become increasingly targeted, security has rapidly become a boardroom issue," said Mr Bell. "A cloud based DDoS service is now amongst the best ways to protect your Internet-facing web sites against malicious attacks and Telstra can integrate these seamlessly with customers' IT systems, with expert support and experience close at hand."

The service makes it easy and cost-effective for the customer to implement DDoS protection and is capable of mitigating the latest DDoS threats, with Telstra's Security Operations Centre (SOC) systems and staff offering around-the-clock 24/7 monitoring, extensive analysis and highly effective mitigation and traffic cleaning through global cleaning centres.  It also offers Telstra customers near real-time visibility to traffic and service status information via a web-based reporting portal.

"As a best of breed and fully integrated service, our Global DDoS Protection service highlights our extensive experience in managing security for global businesses," comments Mr. Bell. "It offers peace of mind to enterprises, with our global operations mitigating DDoS risks, and in many cases, without the customer having ever realised a threat existed."

About Telstra International

Telstra International is a leading global supplier of managed network services and international data, voice and satellite services. It is a division of the leading Australia-based, tier 1 telecommunications and media services company, Telstra Corporation Limited and owns one of the most technologically advanced IP backbone networks in the world.

Telstra provides global telecommunications services and solutions and is an expert in bringing the advantages of customer centric managed network solutions to the business community. Together with its offshore subsidiaries and international investments, Telstra serves over 200 of the world's top 500 companies, spanning Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas.

Telstra operates award-winning networks which are amongst the largest and most diverse in Asia Pacific. We have operating licences and landing rights in most major Asian markets, the US and Europe, facilitating access to over 1,400 PoPs in 230 countries and territories.