Compare AT&T Reactive DDoS Defense vs. Trusted Knight Protector Web

The AT&T DDoS Defense service offers comprehensive cloud-based surveillance for volumetric distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, employing in-depth traffic analysis to potentially trigger countermeasures that prevent harmful traffic from infiltrating your network. Customers can benefit from fully managed proactive or reactive DDoS protection by contacting the AT&T threat management center to initiate mitigation efforts, or they can depend on alerts sent directly to AT&T when harmful traffic targeting specific IP addresses within the customer's network is detected. This system ensures seamless activation and operation of essential business applications, allowing legitimate traffic to flow uninterrupted. In-depth traffic analysis is essential for spotting irregularities, enabling the diversion of malicious traffic to scrubbing facilities for blocking. The fully managed service also provides email notifications regarding critical alerts, advisories, and any attacks. Additionally, users can access a web portal for detailed service and status reports, while the managed service is capable of monitoring a designated range of IP addresses, ensuring that all potential threats are closely watched. This comprehensive approach not only enhances security but also fortifies business resilience against cyber threats.

Protector Air prioritizes the safeguarding of individual sessions and their associated transactions, while Protector Web enhances the security of the web server through robust enterprise-level web application security and DDoS mitigation. This solution effectively addresses vulnerabilities in websites and applications, including cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL Injection, Remote File Inclusion (RFI), and the OWASP Top-10 list. By thwarting unauthorized access attempts to web systems, it helps protect sensitive information and prevents website defacement, thereby reducing an organization’s reliance on secure development practices and third-party patches. Serving as an advanced alternative to traditional web application firewalls (WAF), Protector Web tackles significant shortcomings typically found in WAFs through the implementation of active learning, dynamic content serving, and cloud replication techniques. Consequently, it notably lowers the occurrence of false positives and negatives, expedites deployment timelines to mere hours, and simplifies operational management for users. This comprehensive approach not only enhances security but also ensures a more efficient and effective defense against modern cyber threats.