Security Operation Center | Video: Inside Akamai’s SOC

Hundreds of millions of data points in multiple streams pour into a DDoS protection network in real time during an attack. Automatic DDoS protection software with decision-making algorithms based on data analytics for DDoS protection are helpful but are prone to false positives. DDoS protection experts in a security operations center quickly make sense of the deluge of data and make precise decisions as to which data/traffic to allow and which to block. Using big data, security operations center engineers can customize your DDoS defense using specialized knowledge of how to protect against DDoS attack types observed as the attack happens. Watch the video and learn more about Akamai’s Security Operation Center.