Sponsor: RioRey
Featured Analyst Firm: Gartner
Speakers: John Pescatore, Kwok Li
Type: Video (22 minutes)
The threat of distributed denial of service attacks, commonly known as DDoS attacks, is a major security challenge to enterprise networks. In fact, a recent report by Narus lists "DDoS attacks" third among the top 10 cyber security threats of 2011 and beyond.
It is a difficult challenge for many enterprises to assess both the risk of being targeted for DDoS as well as estimate the consequences of such an attack. The effort is worthwhile, however, because all signs indicate that the frequency, severity and the impact of DDoS attacks are on the rise. This security requirement is especially urgent for companies that have a large e-commerce presence on the Internet. RioRey's sole business focus is on dedicated DDoS detection and mitigation. Our product family provides a range of protection for all the way up to large-scale enterprises that deploy our RG series defense based on the IBM BladeCenter platform.
The core message of this presentation is that a dedicated DDoS defense platform or service will become the standard for DDoS protection in the near future.
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About Kwok Li, President & CEO, RioRey, Inc.
As CEO, Kwok has provided business and technical leadership at RioRey since its inception in March, 2006. He has a long history of bringing leading-edge technology to solve very practical network challenges faced by corporate and government enterprises. Kwok has served as CTO and Chairman of Splitrock Services, a nationwide data communications company, as well as, CTO and Vice Chairman for Yurie Systems. At Yurie he architected and marketed the company’s cornerstone product, a mid-range ATM switch.
Kwok also has an extensive experience in telecommunications. He was a senior engineer at both WilTel in Houston and Nortel's R&D unit, BNR in Atlanta.
Mr. Li received an Electrical Engineering degree from Johns Hopkins University and currently serves on the JHU Board of Trustees.
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About John Pescatore, VP & Research Fellow, Gartner
John Pescatore is a vice president and research fellow in Gartner Research. Mr. Pescatore has 32 years of experience in computer, network and information security.
Prior to joining Gartner, Mr. Pescatore was senior consultant for Entrust Technologies and Trusted Information Systems, where he started and managed security consulting groups. His previous experience includes 11 years with GTE, as well as employment with NSA and the U.S. Secret Service.
