TORONTO – Cogeco Peer 1 has upped its Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) portfolio with a new web application protection product known as AppArmor.
DDoS attacks work by overwhelming targeted machines with junk data traffic. AppArmor provides an added line of defense for customers by helping to block application-layer attacks. Also known as Layer 7 attacks, these exploits target weaknesses in an application or server, with the goal of establishing a connection to monopolize processes and transactions.
"DDoS attacks are becoming easier to deploy, making them more difficult to prevent and trace," said marketing and innovation VP Bertrand Labelle, in the news release. "Organizations need to embrace more globally scalable and distributed solutions that offer broad DDoS mitigation capacity in light of advances in attack strategies that use IoT-bots or target applications. That's where Cogeco Peer 1's DDoS Shield product, now with AppArmor, comes in. Together, they deliver a powerful DDoS security solution."
More information on Cogeco Peer 1 DDoS security suite and AppArmor is available here.
