Arbor Networks, a provider of distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS) and advanced threat protection solutions for enterprise and service provider networks, has signed up Thailand’s CAT Telecom to its Cloud Signaling Coalition (CSC).

CAT Telecom (CAT) is a state-owned enterprise fully owned by the Ministry of Finance in Thailand, and is a major fixed-line operator in the country that operates both the Thailand Internet Exchange (THIX) and National Internet Exchange (NIX).

THIX provides a transit international internet network and a peer-to-peer international internet network, while the NIX serves as the domestic Internet gateway.

According to the company, Arbor’s Cloud Signaling feature provides active, intelligent communication between network perimeter and in-cloud based DDoS protection systems, offering multi-layered protection against DDoS attacks.

Enterprises or data center operators that find themselves under a major DDoS attack can choose to mitigate volumetric attacks to the cloud through the Cloud Signaling system.

Participation in the CSC allows CAT Telecom to provide differentiated managed security services, reduce the time to mitigation and increases overall effectiveness of response against DDoS threats.

In addition, enterprise and managed services customers benefit from real-time monitoring of the attack mitigation, as well as granular post mortem reports with details of the attack and the steps taken by the service provider to mitigate the attack.

“Defending against DDoS attacks can be a challenge for an ISP and its enterprise customers. That’s why we chose Arbor Networks,” said Viroj Tocharoenvanith, SEVP of Marketing and Sales for CAT Telecom.

“Not only can we deploy the market’s leading solution to protect our own infrastructure, we can simultaneously solve a problem for our customers by offering DDoS security services.”

“CAT Telecom recognizes DDoS for what it is, the primary threat to the availability of websites, applications and online services,” said Arbor Networks Jeff Buhl, VP of sales for Asia Pacific.

“DDoS has changed greatly over the years. What hasn’t changed is the need for multi-layered protection, backed by great people and repeatable incident response processes.”