Arbor Networks, Inc., the security division of NETSCOUT, announced today that Info Security Products Guide, the industry's leading information security research and advisory guide, has named Arbor Networks as Best Overall Security Company (500-2,499 employees) at the 13th Annual Global Excellence Awards. Arbor was also named the Silver Winner in the Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) Detection and Response category for Arbor Spectrum.

The security industry celebrated at the 13th Annual 2017 Global Excellence Awards in San Francisco during the RSA Conference by honouring excellence in every facet of the industry including products, people behind the successes and best companies. More than 40 judges from a broad spectrum of industry voices from around the world participated, and their average scores determined the 2017 Global Excellence Awards Finalists and Winners.

"These awards provide well-deserved recognition to the Arbor team for their dedication to helping customers solve their most critical security challenges. Arbor was founded as a result of groundbreaking DARPA-funded research, and that spirit of innovation runs through everything we do to this day," said Brian McCann, President of Arbor Networks.

Arbor Networks Solutions Overview

Arbor Networks' customers gain a micro view of their own network through its suite of products, combined with a macro view of global internet traffic and emerging threats, through its ATLAS threat intelligence infrastructure. ATLAS provides a comprehensive, aggregated view of global traffic and threats. More than 300 service provider customers contribute 140 Tbps of global traffic intelligence, enabling Arbor's Security Engineering & Response Team (ASERT) to develop threat protections that are delivered directly into customer products to stop distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks and malware campaigns.

Arbor DDoS Solutions are proven on the world's most demanding networks. The portfolio offers complete deployment flexibility to meet the needs of any organisation, from virtual solutions and network-embedded solutions within Cisco's ASR 9000 routers to appliances for enterprises and carrier-class scrubbing centres. Arbor Cloud offers a fully managed, best-practice DDoS defence service that tightly integrates on-premises and cloud-based mitigation in a single solution. The Arbor DDoS portfolio enables customers to ensure the availability of their critical infrastructure with the world's most broadly-deployed DDoS mitigation technology.

Arbor Spectrum is a network-based advanced threat protection solution that delivers complete visibility with packets and flows to record the multiple stages of attack campaigns, while preserving the context needed to take swift and decisive action.