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Arbor Networks

Arbor Networks is NETSCOUT’s DDoS detection and defense brand, offering network visibility, attack detection, and mitigation for service availability.

Last updated September 25, 2026

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Overview

Arbor Networks is NETSCOUT’s brand for DDoS detection and defense. Its current website presents Arbor DDoS solutions as purpose-built protection for the availability of mission-critical services. The offering combines network visibility, automated detection of dynamic, multi-vector attacks, and intelligent mitigation that can orchestrate multiple methods of response. NETSCOUT describes Arbor as drawing on local network visibility and global threat intelligence. The brand serves organizations seeking to protect the availability of important online services. NETSCOUT reports that its Arbor DDoS products are used by more than 550 global customers and that the network visibility behind its DDoS offering covers 200-plus countries and territories and more than 375 industry verticals. These are figures stated by the company, rather than independently verified estimates. Arbor is presented on NETSCOUT’s corporate website as part of its security and network-visibility offering. NETSCOUT describes its broader business as providing visibility and insights for observability, cybersecurity, and service resilience across complex networks. The supplied material does not establish Arbor’s original founding date, founders, headquarters, or a separately reported corporate structure. NETSCOUT says its Arbor DDoS products have been trusted for more than 25 years and describes the protection as established since 2000.

History

NETSCOUT’s current Arbor website describes Arbor DDoS products as having protected internet availability for more than 25 years and characterizes the offering as established since 2000. The supplied material does not identify a founder, an original standalone company structure, or a precise founding event, so the history that can be stated confidently is limited to the product line’s documented positioning and evolution as presented by NETSCOUT. Arbor’s current focus is DDoS detection and defense. NETSCOUT describes a protection approach built on network visibility, automated detection of dynamic multi-vector attacks, and intelligent mitigation that can coordinate multiple response methods. It also presents the combination of local network visibility and global threat intelligence as a basis for protecting services against different types of DDoS attacks. The company says its approach includes transparent, AI-automated protection. The brand is currently presented within NETSCOUT’s portfolio. NETSCOUT’s corporate description emphasizes real-time visibility across complex networks and cybersecurity, observability, and resilience for essential organizations. The Arbor page reports more than 550 global customers, coverage across more than 200 countries and territories, and activity visibility across more than 375 industry verticals. The evidence provided does not establish dated acquisitions, leadership changes, corporate listings, or other specific historical turning points.

  • 2000

    DDoS protection described as established

  • Arbor presented as part of NETSCOUT

Products and positioning

A purpose-built DDoS protection offering positioned around comprehensive network visibility, automated detection, intelligent mitigation, and service availability.

  • NETSCOUT Arbor Adaptive DDoS Protection

    A purpose-built DDoS protection solution described as combining local network visibility, global intelligence, and AI-automated protection.

  • Arbor DDoS Protection for Service Providers

    A service-provider-oriented DDoS protection offering listed on the Arbor website.

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