Security and DDoS
As attacks proliferate, your network, applications, and customers are on the front lines. Networks carry the threats, but most legacy tools leave traffic data out of the fight. So how can you stop what your tools don’t show?
Get Kentik’s security-aware network traffic intelligence platform. With custom dashboards, real-time forensic drill-down, and unsurpassed anomaly detection, you’ll be able to identify, investigate, and prevent costly attacks.
DDoS Defense
Kentik includes the industry’s most accurate detection of DDoS attacks and other anomalies such as large-scale data exfiltration. Multi-level thresholds escalate threats as they develop, and built-in integrations enable automated triggers for internal or third-party mitigation.
Benefits:
| Differentiators | KENTIK | ARBOR NETWORKS |
|---|---|---|
| ADOPTION | 50+ customers replaced Arbor with Kentik | 0 customers replaced Kentik with Arbor |
| DEPLOYMENT | Fully-managed SaaS, cloud or on-premises | Customer managed appliances, VMs and storage at additional cost |
| CLOUD MONITORING | Integrates with AWS, GCP and Azure for full visibility across cloud VPC networks | No |
| DATA ENRICHMENT | Overlays custom business-specific tags onto network data like location names, usernames, app / service names. Group and filter data using human-readable labels. | No |
| INTERNET CONTEXT | Labels internet traffic with CDN provider names and application name / type / provider. | No |
| DATA GRANULARITY | 1 second | 5 minutes |
| DATA AVAILABILITY | All data received | Predefined “objects” only |
| DATA FILTERING | Unlimited filter terms | Two filter terms |
| DATA GROUPING | Up to 8 dimensions | 1 dimension |
| DETECTION / ALERTING | Comprehensive ML-based network traffic change detection | DDoS only |
| MITIGATION | Integrates with multiple hardware mitigation vendors + automation API | Arbor mitigation hardware only |
| DASHBOARDS | Per-user fully customizable dashboards | One static dashboard |
| API | Robust REST API fully supports queries, configuration and raw data export. | Limited SOAP XML API supports some query types |
