Orange Internet Umbrella

Main articles:

• Distributed Denial-of-Service, DDoS
• DDoS Protection
• DDoS attacks in Russia
• Firewall

Internet Umbrella is a 24-hour network protection service against DDoS attacks at the carrier level.

Internet Umbrella is a fully managed technology with 24-hour support for Orange Business Services. Operator specialists configure the solution according to the tasks and security policy of the customer company and support in 24/7 mode.

2021: Increase in DDoS protection service capacity from 10 to 25 Gb/s in Russia

On August 31, 2021, Orange Business Services international service provider announced the optimization of the Russian segment of the integrated DDoS protection system, increasing the service capacity to repel complex attacks at the application level from 10 to 25 Gb/s. A backup node was also created at the MMTS-9 traffic exchange point.

The Russian Orange Business Services network is part of a global multilevel integrated DDoS protection system that can repel attacks up to 5 TB/s. The service is provided under the brand name Internet Umbrella, in Russia its users are several dozen companies, mainly financial organizations, Orange specified.

Increasing the capacity of the Moscow Traffic Clearing Center from 10 Gb/s to 25 Gb/s using a virtual distributed architecture will allow you to more efficiently redistribute the licensed filtering band between cleaning servers. If necessary, traffic will be redirected to the global cleaning center in Frankfurt, and after that it will be returned to Russia. In addition, the distributed filtering principle allows you to expand the licensed cleaning band and take local servers to the regions. Orange Business Services experts are exploring the possibility of organizing local capacities to protect against DDoS attacks in large regional centers in Russia.

"The DDoS protection service for large companies has become part of the mandatory IB set, since any simple one is fraught with multimillion-dollar losses. We planned to optimize the Internet Umbrella service: in addition to the existing node in IXcellerate, we organized a backup in MMTS-9, installed more powerful server equipment corresponding to the new parameters of the integrated DDoS protection system, "said Orange Business Services Operations Director in Russia and SNGOlga Baranova.

According to Orange Business Services, because of it, pandemics not only the capacity of DDoS attacks on Russian enterprises is growing, but also their number. So, in 2020, incidents occurred 86% more often than a year earlier. At the same time, in the first half of 2021, 23% more attacks were committed than in the whole of 2019. The capacity of the largest incident on Russian resources, by, in to data NetScout 2020 reached 448 Gbit/s.

2017: Features of Internet Umbrella

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Optimal level of protection

The service is effective for large companies with consolidated infrastructure and for small independent offices.

According to information on February 20, 2017, the service was organized on the equipment platform of Arbor Networks, installed in the Orange network. When an attack is detected, the hardware discards malicious traffic and sends only legitimate traffic to the client.

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Before the protection is activated, the equipment is trained and configured for the legitimate traffic profile.

Features

• Protection against DDoS attacks. The network is secured at the carrier level. The DDoS attack is reflected before the customer's network hits, so even when an active attack is conducted, business processes do not stop.
• 24-hour monitoring. Dedicated on-duty change of Internet security experts provides monitoring and response to attacks in 24/7 mode.
• Full reporting. The web portal provides secure access to the online monitoring system and reports on the operation of DDoS protection systems.
• Savings. Lower costs by avoiding the cost of purchasing in-house equipment and maintaining highly qualified professionals