ITW (International Telecoms Week) is the annual meeting for the global wholesale telecoms industry.
Ryan Polk spoke at a panel discussion entitled Mitigating Security Threats as a Wholesale Carrier.
From abstract: Nexusguard recently reported more than a fivefold rise in the average size of DDoS attacks in the second quarter compared with a year earlier. With DDoS attacks on the rise and carriers and cloud hosting services as the most vulnerable for attack, how is the carrier community preparing for the next wave of threats.
- How are carriers preparing their security services to ensure future scalability and efficient implementation?
- With a predicted increase in DDoS attacks due to the rise in IoT applications, what will be the expected scope of security services for carriers?
- What is the update on industry collaboration?
- What services are carriers seeing as the most effective to incorporate within their portfolio?
If you were not in Atlanta, learn more about MANRS, a global initiative that provides crucial fixes to reduce the most common routing threats.
