Level 3 acquires DDoS mitigation firm Black Lotus | ZDNet
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See also: DDoS botnet makes slaves of your home and office routers According to Akamai Technologies, DDoS attacks have nearly doubled since 2013 -- and the rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) is having a profound impact on the threat landscape. If security companies are going to be able to handle this increase and lure enterprise clients to the fold -- being so often a target of DDoS -- they must have the correct tools and services in their portfolio. Announced on Thursday, security services firm Level 3 said the acquisition of privately-held Black Lotus, a provider of global DDoS mitigation services, "represents another step in Level 3s continued commitment to provide leading security product capabilities." The buyout will give Level 3s existing DDoS additional capabilities, including the addition of extra scrubbing centers and the improvement of network routing, rate limiting and IP filtering abilities. Black Lotus also adds proxy-based mitigation services along with behavioral analytics technology to better protect application layers, which are often a target for DDoS attacks within the enterprise.