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“When an attack hits, time is of the essence. By sharing the attack details, providers are better able to protect their customers as the attack is mitigated closer to the point of origin, thus preventing collateral damage,” says Tom Schuster, president of Arbor Networks. “Arbor’s intent is to have global service providers join together to combat these cyber threats and protect the overall infrastructure of the Internet.”

Arbor Networks says it has the largest worldwide installed base of service provider customers in the infrastructure security market. The company’s Peakflow SP — used by the majority of Tier 1 service providers across the globe — has been enhanced to enable the sharing of attack fingerprints automatically and across network boundaries, without revealing competitive information.

“We’re seeing more technology-savvy criminals trying to make money through denial of service extortion schemes,” says Yankee Group Senior Analyst Jim Slaby. “Service providers that are cooperating by sharing attack fingerprints are helping mitigate these threats more quickly and closer to the source, thus making the Internet a more secure place.”

In addition to Arbor, Fingerprint Sharing Alliance members include Asia Netcom, British Telecom, Broadwing Communications LLC, Cisco Systems Inc., EarthLink, Energis Communications Ltd., Internet2, ITC^DeltaCom, MCI Inc., Merit Network Inc., NTT Communications, Rackspace, The Planet, the University of Pennsylvania, the Utah Education Network, Verizon Dominicana, WilTel Communications and XO Communications.

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