NETSCOUT has announced significant enhancements to its Arbor Edge Defense (AED) platform, enabling enterprises to identify and mitigate sophisticated Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks that bypass traditional Content Delivery Network (CDN) protections and target critical business applications.
As organizations increasingly rely on CDNs to improve digital performance and absorb traffic spikes, attackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in application-layer services, APIs, authentication platforms, and uncached requests. These advanced attacks often mimic legitimate user behavior, making them difficult for conventional CDN security systems to detect.
“Attackers increasingly look for ways around traditional defenses by targeting origin infrastructure directly or disguising malicious traffic as legitimate activity. These enhancements to Arbor Edge Defense help enterprises close those security gaps while ensuring genuine users remain connected,” said Scott Iekel-Johnson, AVP, Product Management, NETSCOUT.
The latest enhancements to Arbor Edge Defense restore source-level visibility by identifying malicious traffic concealed behind shared CDN infrastructure. Using a high-performance TLS transparent proxy, the solution decrypts and inspects application traffic, helping security teams pinpoint the real source of attacks and apply precise mitigation measures without disrupting legitimate users.
NETSCOUT said the upgraded platform enables organizations to stop application-layer DDoS attacks, implement service-specific security policies, and protect both direct and CDN-mediated traffic paths. The solution also ensures that businesses can maintain access for genuine customers while blocking malicious activity with greater accuracy.
Industry analysts note that DDoS attacks continue to evolve rapidly, creating operational and financial risks for organizations across sectors. As attackers shift tactics across multiple infrastructure layers, enterprises require dynamic and adaptive protection strategies capable of defending mission-critical services without compromising performance.
The enhanced AED solution extends NETSCOUT’s broader cybersecurity and DDoS protection portfolio by addressing a growing exposure point between cloud delivery infrastructure and business-critical applications. By complementing existing CDN investments rather than replacing them, NETSCOUT provides organizations with an additional layer of resilience to safeguard revenue-generating applications, digital services, and essential operational systems against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats.
