NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of cybersecurity, service assurance, and business analytics solutions, today announced financial results for its second quarter ended September 30, 2022.

“We delivered strong financial results and drove progress across our strategic growth priorities in the second quarter,” stated Anil Singhal, NETSCOUT’s president and chief executive officer. “Our service assurance and cybersecurity product lines have continued to perform well, delivering healthy revenue growth in the second quarter and first half of fiscal year 2023 on a year-over-year basis. Looking ahead, we plan to continue managing our operations prudently for a balanced approach to revenue growth and profitability. We believe our business prospects remain solid, despite the challenging macroeconomic environment, which we continue to monitor closely.”

Singhal continued, “Organizations around the globe are facing an increasingly complex digital environment. As a result, our purpose as ‘Guardians of the Connected World’ is more important than ever. By providing a state-of-the-art platform for increased visibility and defensibility, we play a vital role in this ecosystem and remain confident in our ability to help our customers navigate these challenges.”

Q2 FY23 Financial Results

Total revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $228.1 million, compared with $211.9 million (GAAP and non-GAAP) in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results is included in the financial tables below.

Product revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $111.8 million, which was approximately 49% of total revenue in the period. This compares with product revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) of $101.6 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, which was approximately 48% of total revenue in the period.

Service revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $116.3 million, or approximately 51% of total revenue in the period. This compares with service revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) of $110.3 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, which was approximately 52% of total revenue for the period.

NETSCOUT’s income from operations (GAAP) was $21.4 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, compared with $12.2 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. Non-GAAP EBITDA from operations in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $59.1 million, or 25.9% of non-GAAP quarterly revenue for the period. This compares to non-GAAP EBITDA from operations of $53.0 million in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022, or 25.0% of non-GAAP quarterly revenue for the period. The Company’s operating margin (GAAP) was 9.4% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023, versus 5.7% in the same period of the prior fiscal year. Non-GAAP income from operations was $54.0 million with a non-GAAP operating margin of 23.7% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2023. This compares to non-GAAP income from operations of $47.3 million and a non-GAAP operating margin of 22.3% in the second quarter of fiscal year 2022.

Net income (GAAP) for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $17.4 million, or $0.24 per share (diluted), versus $7.9 million, or $0.11 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022. On a non-GAAP basis, net income for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 was $41.3 million, or $0.57 per share (diluted), compared with $35.3 million, or $0.47 per share (diluted), for the second quarter of fiscal year 2022.

As of September 30, 2022, cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $367.1 million, compared with $703.2 million as of March 31, 2022, and $475.8 million as of September 30, 2021. The change in cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities since March 31, 2022, was primarily driven by two factors. First, NETSCOUT entered into an accelerated share repurchase agreement (the “ASR agreement”) in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023 to repurchase $150 million of the Company’s common stock. NETSCOUT received 70 percent of the total shares estimated to be repurchased pursuant to the ASR agreement in the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, receiving approximately 3.3 million shares in the period, and expects to receive the remaining 30 percent when the ASR agreement transaction concludes, which is expected to occur no later than December 31, 2022. Second, NETSCOUT repaid $150 million of its outstanding debt balance under its revolving credit facility during the first quarter of fiscal year 2023. The Company’s outstanding debt balance under its revolving credit facility was $200 million as of September 30, 2022. The Company’s $800 million revolving credit facility will expire in July 2026.

First-Half FY23 Financial Results

• For the first half of fiscal year 2023, total revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) was $436.9 million, versus total revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) of $402.2 million in the first half of fiscal year 2022. A reconciliation of GAAP and non-GAAP results is included in the financial tables below.
• Product revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $210.1 million, compared with $183.6 million in the first half of fiscal year 2022.
• Service revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $226.8 million, compared with $218.6 million in the first half of fiscal year 2022.
• NETSCOUT’s income from operations (GAAP) for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $12.3 million, compared with $1.5 million in the first half of fiscal year 2022. The Company’s operating margin (GAAP) for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was 2.8%, versus 0.4% in the first half of fiscal year 2022. The Company’s non-GAAP EBITDA from operations for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $88.9 million, or 20.4% of non-GAAP total revenue, versus non-GAAP EBITDA from operations of $80.6 million, or 20.0% of non-GAAP total revenue, in the first half of fiscal year 2022. The Company’s non-GAAP income from operations for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $78.5 million with a non-GAAP operating margin of 18.0%, compared with non-GAAP income from operations of $69.1 million and a non-GAAP operating margin of 17.2% for the first half of fiscal year 2022.
• For the first half of fiscal year 2023, NETSCOUT’s net income (GAAP) was $10.3 million, or $0.14 per share (diluted), compared with a net loss (GAAP) of $3.4 million, or a loss of $0.05 per share (diluted), in the first half of fiscal year 2022. Non-GAAP net income for the first half of fiscal year 2023 was $59.4 million, or $0.81 per share (diluted), compared with non-GAAP net income of $50.3 million, or $0.67 per share (diluted), for the first half of fiscal year 2022.

Financial Outlook:

NETSCOUT is reiterating its revenue outlook (GAAP and non-GAAP) as well as its diluted net income per share outlook (GAAP and non-GAAP) for fiscal year 2023, all of which were previously issued by the Company on August 4, 2022, in its first quarter fiscal year 2023 earnings press release. NETSCOUT’s financial outlook for fiscal year 2023 remains as follows:

• Revenue (GAAP and non-GAAP) is expected to remain in the range of $895 million to $925 million.
• GAAP net income per share (diluted) is expected to remain in the range of $0.62 to $0.68. Non-GAAP net income per share (diluted) is expected to remain in the range of $1.97 to $2.03.
• A reconciliation between GAAP and non-GAAP numbers for NETSCOUT’s fiscal year 2023 outlook is included in the financial tables below.

Recent Developments and Highlights

• In October 2022, Swisscom, NETSCOUT, and Ericsson jointly announced what’s believed to be the world’s first solution to enable 5G packet data processing in the cloud. The combination of Ericsson’s cloud-native dual-mode 5G Core with built-in software probes and NETSCOUT’s vSTREAM addresses the industry challenge of providing end-to-end monitoring and securing 5G networks when handling cloudification and encryption. By enabling cloud-based packet data processing and network function monitoring, this solution allows for dramatic improvements in network service assurance, analytics, and cybersecurity. The solution has been introduced to Swisscom’s newly deployed cloud-native, TLS-encrypted 5G network.
• In late September 2022, NETSCOUT announced the findings from its 1H2022 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. The findings demonstrate how sophisticated cybercriminals have become at bypassing defenses with new Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack vectors and successful methodologies. By constantly innovating and adapting, these attackers are designing new and more effective DDoS attack vectors, as well as doubling down on those existing methodologies that are already effective. According to the report, there were more than six million global DDoS attacks in the first half of 2022. In addition, attackers conducted more pre-attack reconnaissance, exercised a new attack vector called TP240 PhoneHome, created a tsunami of TCP flooding attacks, and rapidly expanded high-powered botnets to plague network-connected resources. The report also highlighted the significant geopolitical implications of DDoS attackers today, as many of these bad actors have openly embraced online aggression to cause geopolitical unrest through high-profile DDoS attack campaigns.
• In mid-September 2022, NETSCOUT announced that it had completed validation of the integration of its Omnis® Cyber Intelligence (OCI), the central console for its advanced network detection and response solution, with Palo Alto Networks Panorama management platform, which centrally manages all form factors of Palo Alto Networks market-leading ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewalls. This integration will provide enterprise security operation teams with end-to-end, packet-based visibility at scale, which is critically important for blocking threats with speed and consistency. In addition, this partnership will allow joint customers to solve their network and security challenges more easily.
• In early September 2022, NETSCOUT announced its successful collaboration with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to test and validate the use of NETSCOUT services with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN. As a result, shared customers can now leverage an architecture that offers end-to-end visibility into the performance of workloads and application services deployed across data centers, remote sites, and the AWS global network.
• In August 2022, NETSCOUT introduced Arbor® Insight, a groundbreaking technology that, when combined with Arbor Sightline, dramatically enhances and extends threat detection, service delivery, and network operator visibility to address the evolving threat landscape. This combination extends NETSCOUT’s DDoS leadership to unparalleled levels.

Conference Call Instructions:

NETSCOUT will host a conference call to discuss its second-quarter fiscal year 2023 financial results today at 8:30 a.m. ET. This call will be webcast live through NETSCOUT’s website at https://ir.netscout.com/investors/overview/default.aspx. Alternatively, people can listen to the call by dialing (785) 424-1677. The conference call ID is NTCTQ223. A replay of the call will be available after 12:00 p.m. ET today, for approximately one week. The number for the replay is (800) 839-3516 for U.S./Canada callers and (402) 220-7238 for international callers.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Information:

To supplement the financial measures presented in NETSCOUT’s press release in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (GAAP), NETSCOUT also reports the following non-GAAP measures: non-GAAP gross profit, non-GAAP income from operations, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP diluted net income per share and non-GAAP earnings before interest and other expense, income taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) from operations. Non-GAAP gross profit removes expenses related to the amortization of acquired intangible assets, share based compensation, and acquisition-related depreciation. Non-GAAP income from operations includes the aforementioned adjustments and also removes business development and integration expense, compensation for post-combination services, restructuring charges, and transitional service agreement expenses. Non-GAAP net income includes the foregoing adjustments related to non-GAAP income from operations, and also removes loss on extinguishment of debt, net of related income tax effects. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share removes the share impact of non-GAAP adjustments utilized in the calculation of non-GAAP net income. Non-GAAP EBITDA from operations includes the aforementioned items related to non-GAAP income from operations and also removes non-acquisition related depreciation expense. Investors are encouraged to review the related GAAP financial measures and the reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures included in the attached tables within this press release.

These non-GAAP measures are not in accordance with GAAP, should not be considered an alternative for measures prepared in accordance with GAAP (revenue, gross profit, operating margin, net income, and diluted net income per share), and may have limitations because they do not reflect all NETSCOUT’s results of operations as determined in accordance with GAAP. These non-GAAP measures should only be used to evaluate NETSCOUT’s results of operations in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures. The presentation of non-GAAP information is not meant to be considered superior to, in isolation from, or as a substitute for results prepared in accordance with GAAP. NETSCOUT believes these non-GAAP financial measures will enhance the reader’s overall understanding of NETSCOUT’s current financial performance and NETSCOUT’s prospects for the future by providing a higher degree of transparency for certain financial measures and providing a level of disclosure that helps investors understand how the Company plans and measures its own business. NETSCOUT believes that providing these non-GAAP measures affords investors a view of NETSCOUT’s operating results that may be more easily compared to peer companies and also enables investors to consider NETSCOUT’s operating results on both a GAAP and non-GAAP basis during and following the integration period of NETSCOUT’s acquisitions. Presenting the GAAP measures on their own, without the supplemental non-GAAP disclosures, might not be indicative of NETSCOUT’s core operating results. Furthermore, NETSCOUT believes that the presentation of non-GAAP measures when shown in conjunction with the corresponding GAAP measures provides useful information to management and investors regarding present and future business trends relating to its financial condition and results of operations.

NETSCOUT management regularly uses supplemental non-GAAP financial measures internally to understand, manage and evaluate its business and to make operating decisions. These non-GAAP measures are among the primary factors that management uses in planning and forecasting.

About NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC.

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions through advanced network detection and response and pervasive network visibility. Powered by our pioneering deep packet inspection at scale, we serve the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

Safe Harbor

Certain information provided in this press release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, which are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. Examples of forward-looking statements include statements regarding our future financial performance or position, results of operations, business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, and other statements that are not historical fact. You can identify forward-looking statements by their use of forward-looking words such as “may”, “will”, “anticipate”, “expect”, “believe”, “estimate”, “intend”, “plan”, “should”, “seek”, or other comparable terms. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements in this press release including, without limitation, statements regarding NETSCOUT’s outlook for fiscal year 2023, that NETSCOUT plans to continue to manage its operations prudently for a balanced approach to growth and profitability, that NETSCOUT’s business prospects remain solid, despite the challenging macro environment, which it continues to monitor closely, that organizations across the globe are facing an increasingly complex digital environment, that NETSCOUT’s purpose as “Guardians of the Connected World” is more important than ever, that NETSCOUT provides a state-of-the-art platform for increased visibility and defensibility and plays a vital role in this ecosystem and remains confident in its ability to help its customers navigate these challenges, that NETSCOUT expects to receive the remaining 30 percent of shares to be repurchased under the ASR agreement when the ASR program concludes, no later than December 31, 2022, as well as statements regarding product releases, updates, and functionality all constitute forward looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from the forward-looking statements due to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors. Such factors include, but are not limited to, COVID-19 related impacts; the war in Ukraine and global geopolitical conflict; macroeconomic conditions, including increasing inflation and interest rates and slowdowns or downturns in economic conditions generally and in the market for advanced network, service assurance and cybersecurity solutions specifically; the volatile foreign exchange environment; the Company’s relationships with strategic partners and resellers; dependence upon broad-based acceptance of the Company’s network performance management solutions; the presence of competitors with greater financial resources than the Company has, and their strategic response to the Company’s products; the Company’s ability to retain key executives and employees; the Company’s ability to realize the anticipated savings from recent restructuring actions and other expense management programs; lower than expected demand for the Company’s products and services; and the timing and magnitude of stock buyback activity based on market conditions, corporate considerations, debt agreements, and regulatory requirements. The risks included above are not exhaustive. We caution readers not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements included in this press release which speak only as to the date of this press release. We undertake no responsibility to update or revise any forward-looking statements, except as required by law. For a more detailed description of the risk factors associated with the Company, please refer to the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2022, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. NETSCOUT assumes no obligation to update any forward-looking information contained in this press release or with respect to the announcements described herein.

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NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of cybersecurity, service assurance, and business analytics solutions, today announced the successful interoperability of Omnis Cyber Intelligence (OCI) with Amazon Security Lake, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS),to deliver advanced network detection and response (NDR) insights. With comprehensive network visibility, contextual cybersecurity investigation, and smart detection, OCI enhances the quality of Amazon Security Lake, so that companies can manage threats across complex hybrid-cloud infrastructures.

NETSCOUT participated in the Amazon Security Lakebeta program, in which OCI enriched the security data in the Amazon Security Lake, helping to optimize the smart outcomes of artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) algorithms and other subscriber applications. Leveraging Omnis CyberStream’s scalable deep packet inspection (DPI) and patented Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology, OCI delivers better insights and predictions to enhance an enterprise’s security posture.

Amazon Security Lakeis built in the customer’s account. The data lake is backed by an Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) bucket and organizes data as a set of AWS Lake Formation tables. Amazon Security Lake, enriched with OCI findings, becomes a source of valuable cybersecurity insights to understand what is occurring across an enterprise’s entire hybrid cloud information technology (IT) environment, including cyberthreats and attack surface changes.

“Hybrid cloud infrastructure has become increasingly complex with multiple edges making it prone to increased cyberattacks,” said Paul Barrett, CTO for enterprise, NETSCOUT. “Exporting OCI findings, derived from deep packet inspection, into Amazon Security Lakegives customers added security and performance across multiple accounts, clouds, or on-premises networks. In addition, by converting network packet data into Smart Data, we can deliver comprehensive and consistent visibility across the entire digital infrastructure.”

OCI also integrates with AWS Security Hub and supports a variety of AWS native packet acquisition technologies, including Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) traffic mirroring, VPC ingress routing, Gateway Load Balancer (GWLB), and GWLB endpoint as target.

To learn more about NETSCOUT’s Omnis OCI integration with Amazon Security Lake,visit our blog.

About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions through advanced network detection and response and pervasive network visibility. Powered by our pioneering deep packet inspection at scale, we serve the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

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HOUSTON – October 6, 2022 – BMC, a global leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, announced findings from its annual mainframe survey¹ that reinforce the mainframe as a key platform for innovation. Organizations are bringing the mainframe to more of the enterprise, and digital transformation is increasingly inclusive of the mainframe. The insights align with the company’s focus on providing intelligence-driven solutions that span all IT and business environments from mainframe to the cloud.

Ninety-five percent of the more than 1000 executive and technical professionals surveyed have a positive perception of mainframes and state that the mainframe is a long-term platform that is growing and adding new workloads. In addition, perceptions of mainframe technologies, the ability of mainframes to serve enterprise data-driven use cases and practices, and usage capacity have increased over the last year.

AIOps and DevOps increase resiliency for mainframe organizations

Mainframes play a valuable role in enterprise innovation to deliver real-world results. The survey shows that adopters of AIOps and DevOps are seeing clear value from their investments, and the adoption of new tools and processes in key areas like DevOps, DevSecOps, and AIOps all increased from the previous year.

In AIOps, adoption is growing as implementation barriers decline. The mainframe is moving firmly into enterprise AIOps, as witnessed by the decreased use in non-mainframe environments and increased use in combined environments. The adoption of DevOps on the mainframe also continues to be a trend, as  DevOps and collaboration deliver real-world results. According to the survey:

• Sixty-five percent of respondents report the combined use of AIOps in their mainframe and distributed environments. With the increase in AIOps adoption, more enterprises include mainframes in their enterprise wide AIOps initiatives, reinforcing the mainframe as a valuable platform for innovation.
• More than twice as many respondents this year reported no challenges implementing AIOps on the mainframe, with the expense of implementation dropping by 8% over last year.
• Seventy percent of large organizations reported DevOps use within their mainframe environment.
• Silos between teams are declining, and collaboration is increasing, with 53% of respondents sharing DevSecOps roles – and 57% sharing platform ops roles – across mainframe and distributed environments.
• Forty-four percent report site reliability engineering (SRE) as a shared role that includes the mainframe.
• Mainframe AIOps and DevOps adopters point to increased enterprise resiliency, with 70% reporting faster visibility into service issues. Applications developed in-house are being delivered faster than a year ago, reinforcing the mainframe’s business value, with 76% realizing value in under 12 months.

Security and compliance lead mainframe priorities

For the third year, security and compliance lead the list of priorities for mainframe organizations, with 67% of respondents citing these as top issues, a 6% increase over last year. These priorities demonstrate a growing awareness of the need to effectively secure mainframe environments, although most businesses have not moved fast enough to adopt countermeasures or effective practices. As a result, privileged user monitoring and sharing event data with enterprise Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) have declined in production environments.

“The growth of mainframe innovation continues,” said John McKenny, senior vice president and general manager, Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation at BMC. “While significant progress is being made in implementing DevOps and AIOps, there’s still a need to train staff to accelerate and more quickly realize the benefits. Slow rollouts today can lead to a lost competitive edge tomorrow. Now is the time to consider professional services to fill short-term needs.”

“The survey points to enterprises needing to prioritize SIEM integration for real-time visibility of mainframe threat events to help prevent data theft, loss, or business disruptions,” continued John McKenny. “As the mainframe becomes a more integral part of enterprise security initiatives like Zero Trust, it will be imperative to prioritize best practice alignment across teams. C-level executives need to back and invest in these efforts to fast-track improvements and embrace automation.”

Additional Resources

• Download the full 2022 Mainframe Survey Report and join the webinar on November 2, 2022
• Learn what’s new in BMC mainframe solutions
• Discover what it takes to be an Autonomous Digital Enterprise
• Join BMC Exchange live virtually on October 25-26, 2022, to learn more about preparing today for the future by becoming an #AutonomousDigitalEnterprise

¹2022 BMC Mainframe Survey Report, a study conducted by BMC among more than 1,000 mainframe and IT professionals globally, with responses gathered March 21-April 19, 2022 via email invitations to an online survey.

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Ireland, India, Taiwan, and Finland battered by DDoS attacks resulting from the Russia/Ukraine war

NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) today announced findings from its 1H2022 DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. The findings demonstrate how sophisticated cybercriminals have become at bypassing defenses with new DDoS attack vectors and successful methodologies.

“By constantly innovating and adapting, attackers are designing new, more effective DDoS attack vectors or doubling down on existing effective methodologies,” said Richard Hummel, threat intelligence lead, NETSCOUT. “In the first half of 2022, attackers conducted more pre-attack reconnaissance, exercised a new attack vector called TP240 PhoneHome, created a tsunami of TCP flooding attacks, and rapidly expanded high-powered botnets to plague network-connected resources. In addition, bad actors have openly embraced online aggression with high-profile DDoS attack campaigns related to geopolitical unrest, which have had global implications.”

Deployed in most of the world’s ISPs, large data centers, and government and enterprise networks, NETSCOUT Arbor DDoS attack protection solutions send anonymized DDoS attack statistics to NETSCOUT’s Active Level Threat Analysis System (ATLAS). This data, which includes visibility into more than 190 countries, 550 industries, and 50,000 autonomous system numbers (ASNs), is then analyzed and curated by NETSCOUT’s ATLAS Security Engineering and Response Team (ASERT) to provide unique insights in the report. No other vendor sees and knows more about DDoS attack activity and best practices in protection than NETSCOUT.

Key findings from the 1H2022 NETSCOUT DDoS Threat Intelligence Report include:

• There were 6,019,888 global DDoS attacks in 1^st half of 2022.
• TCP-based flood attacks (SYN, ACK, RST) remain the most used attack vector, with approximately 46% of all attacks continuing a trend that started in early 2021.
• DNS water-torture attacks accelerated into 2022 with a 46% increase primarily using UDP query floods, while carpet-bombing attacks experienced a big comeback toward the end of the second quarter; overall, DNS amplification attacks decreased by 31% from 2H2021 to 1H2022.
• The new TP240 PhoneHome reflection/amplifications DDoS vector was discovered in early 2022 with a record-breaking amplification ratio of 4,293,967,296:1; swift actions eradicated the abusable nature of this service.
• Malware botnet proliferation grew at an alarming rate, with 21,226 nodes tracked in the first quarter to 488,381 nodes in the second, resulting in more direct-path, application-layer attacks.

Geopolitical Unrest Spawns Increased DDoS Attacks
As Russian ground troops entered Ukraine in late February, there was a significant uptick in DDoS attacks targeting governmental departments, online media organizations, financial firms, hosting providers, and cryptocurrency-related firms, as previously documented. However, the ripple effect resulting from the war had a dramatic impact on DDoS attacks in other countries too, including:

• Ireland experienced a surge in attacks after providing service to Ukrainian organizations.
• India experienced a measurable increase in DDoS attacks following its abstention from the UN Security Council and General Assembly votes condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine.
• On the same day, Taiwan endured its single-highest number of DDoS attacks after making public statements supporting Ukraine, as with Belize.
• Finland experienced a 258% increase in DDoS attacks year-over-year, coinciding with its announcement to apply for NATO membership.
• Poland, Romania, Lithuania, and Norway were targeted by DDoS attacks linked to Killnet; a group of online attackers aligned with Russia.
• While the frequency and severity of DDoS attacks in North America remained relatively consistent, satellite telecommunications providers experienced an increase in high-impact DDoS attacks, especially after providing support for Ukraine’s communications infrastructure.
• Russia experienced a nearly 3X increase in daily DDoS attacks since the conflict with Ukraine began and continued through the end of the reporting period.

Similarly, as tensions between Taiwan, China, and Hong Kong escalated in 1H2022, DDoS attacks against Taiwan regularly occurred in concert with related public events.

NETSCOUT’s DDoS Threat Intelligence Report covers the latest trends and activities in the DDoS threat landscape. It covers data captured from NETSCOUT’s ATLAS and expert insights from ASERT.

The visibility and insights compiled from the global DDOS attack data, represented in the DDoS Threat Intelligence Report, and seen in the Omnis Threat Horizon portal, fuel the ATLAS Intelligence Feed (AIF). In addition, AIF continuously arms NETSCOUT’s Omnis and Arbor security portfolio enabling them to automatically detect and block threat activity for enterprises and service providers worldwide.

Visit our interactive website for more information on NETSCOUT’s semi-annual DDoS Threat Intelligence Report. You can also find us on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter for threat updates and the latest trends and insights.

About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions through advanced network detection and response and pervasive network visibility. Powered by our pioneering deep packet inspection at scale, we serve the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

©2022 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. All rights reserved. NETSCOUT, the NETSCOUT logo, Guardians of the Connected World, Adaptive Service Intelligence, Arbor, ATLAS, Cyber Threat Horizon, InfiniStream, nGenius, nGeniusONE, and Omnis are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT), today announced that it has completed validation of the integration of its Omnis® Cyber Intelligence (OCI), the central console for its advanced network detection and response solution, with Palo Alto Networks Panorama management platform, which centrally manages all form factors of Palo Alto Networks market-leading ML-Powered Next-Generation Firewalls. This integration will provide enterprise security operation teams with end-to-end, packet-based visibility at scale, which is critically important for blocking threats with speed and consistency. In addition, this partnership allows joint customers to solve their network and security challenges more easily.

Integrating NETSCOUT OCI and Palo Alto Networks Panorama streamlines threat detection, accelerating response times and reducing manual operations. Leveraging Omnis CyberStream scalable deep packet inspection (DPI) and patented Adaptive Service Intelligence (ASI) technology, NETSCOUT OCI provides comprehensive visibility into network traffic and identifies Indicators of Compromise (IoCs) early in the attack lifecycle or retrospectively via investigation of packets and layer 2-7 metadata. This information is sent to Palo Alto Networks Panorama — a network security management platform that offers easy-to-implement, consolidated policy creation and centralized management features — to provision Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls centrally and respond instantly to security incidents.

“By integrating the actionable, packet-based and highly scalable, end-to-end visibility technology of NETSCOUT OCI with the powerful threat response of Palo Alto Networks Panorama, we’re helping our joint customers reduce their security risks through better intelligence, efficiency, and speed,” stated Tom Raimondi, chief marketing officer, NETSCOUT. “Our customers benefit by the measures we take to proactively improve their security posture.”

The NETSCOUT OCI and Palo Alto Networks Panorama integration is available for on-prem and multi-cloud environments. For additional information about the integration, visit the NETSCOUT pages on the Palo Alto Networks technology partner site. Visit the NETSCOUT website for more details about our partnership with Palo Alto Networks.

About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions through advanced network detection and response and pervasive network visibility. Powered by our pioneering deep packet inspection at scale, we serve the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

©2022 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. All rights reserved. NETSCOUT, the NETSCOUT logo, Guardians of the Connected World, Adaptive Service Intelligence, Arbor, ATLAS, Cyber Threat Horizon, InfiniStream, nGenius, nGeniusONE, and Omnis are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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Finn Partners for NETSCOUT
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NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., (NASDAQ: NTCT), a leading provider of cybersecurity, service assurance, and business analytics solutions, today announced its successful collaboration with Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, to test and validate the use of NETSCOUT services with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud WAN and Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN. As a result, shared customers can now leverage an architecture that offers end-to-end visibility into the performance of workloads and application services deployed across data centers, remote sites, and the AWS global network.

The Aruba EdgeConnect Enterprise SD-WAN platform enables customers to build a unified wide area network (WAN) edge that is business-driven, delivers a high-quality experience, and adapts to changing business needs and network conditions. Combined with AWS Cloud WAN, organizations deploying Aruba EdgeConnect and NETSCOUT’s vSTREAM, InfiniStreamNG, and nGeniusONE® products can extend DPI at scale packet-level visibility and service assurance across all of their data centers, remote sites, and cloud applications.

“Aruba is collaborating with NETSCOUT to assure that our combined organizational, operational, and technical capabilities help our customers realize business benefits faster and more efficiently,” said Fraser Street, WAN Technical Alliance coordinator at Aruba.

This pioneering new capability with Aruba EdgeConnect is already adding value to NETSCOUT’s own information technology (IT) department, which is using it with AWS Cloud WAN to connect NETSCOUT’s production, management, and test environments in data center and remote branch offices, across the WAN, to AWS.

“NETSCOUT is using Aruba EdgeConnect to conform our hybrid cloud infrastructure to our ever-evolving business needs. This SD-WAN platform effectively connects our edge-to-AWS enterprise, allowing us to enforce security and service performance policies across the WAN,” stated NETSCOUT CIO Thor Wallace. “Together with NETSCOUT’s visibility fabric, comprised of nGeniusONE, vSTREAM, and InfiniStreamNG, we can deliver the highest quality user experience by assuring service performance and security end-to-end across our globally dispersed infrastructure and our extended attack surface.”

To learn more about NETSCOUT’s work with Aruba, visit our blog.

About NETSCOUT
NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. (NASDAQ: NTCT) protects the connected world from cyberattacks and performance disruptions through advanced network detection and response and pervasive network visibility. Powered by our pioneering deep packet inspection at scale, we serve the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and public sector organizations. Learn more at www.netscout.com or follow @NETSCOUT on LinkedIn, Twitter, or Facebook.

©2022 NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC. All rights reserved. NETSCOUT, the NETSCOUT logo, Guardians of the Connected World, Adaptive Service Intelligence, Arbor, ATLAS, Cyber Threat Horizon, InfiniStream, nGenius, nGeniusONE, and Omnis are registered trademarks or trademarks of NETSCOUT SYSTEMS, INC., and/or its subsidiaries and/or affiliates in the USA and/or other countries. Third-party trademarks mentioned are the property of their respective owners.

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Finn Partners for NETSCOUT
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Latest enhancements automate incident response, security, and development
to keep costs low, data safe, and productivity high

HOUSTON – April 6, 2022 – BMC, a global leader in software solutions for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise, today announced new capabilities and integrations across its BMC AMI (Automated Mainframe Intelligence) and BMC Compuware portfolios. These innovations dramatically increase developer productivity, predict service impacts, and help prevent attackers from compromising mainframe environments.

“Organizations are looking to treat the mainframe like any other computing platform with the same needs to innovate and be more efficient and secure,” said Katie Norton, Senior Research Analyst, DevOps at IDC. “That requires selecting the right tools that truly optimize performance and costs while keeping developer productivity high. Using modern mainframe development tools, threat detection, and response, along with automation, helps businesses connect the mainframe to their broader transformation initiatives like DevOps, AppSec, SecOps, and AIOps.”

Increased Developer Productivity and Delivery Speed

Through the new BMC Compuware ISPW Git integration, mainframe development teams have the flexibility to fully adopt Git or use the ISPW feature-branching sandbox for a fully controlled and isolated environment to create and change code. With a simple right-click, Git users take full advantage of the ISPW mainframe build, test, and deploy capabilities in their CI/CD pipeline. According to Forrester, leveraging modern mainframe development tools increases developer productivity by 175% and deployment frequency by 600% without compromising quality¹.

Using Veracode integration with BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench, organizations can now discover security risks in mainframe applications early in the development lifecycle. The modern integrated development environment (IDE) of the BMC Compuware Topaz Workbench solution edits and debugs code, followed by the Veracode IDE Scan that identifies vulnerabilities in the code written. The Veracode integration allows developers to shift left and scan code for security defects early in the development lifecycle, where it is easier and less costly to fix.

Zero Trust Security and Ransomware Protection

An industry-first for mainframe environments, the BMC AMI Enterprise Connector for Illumio product allows customers to achieve a successful Zero Trust implementation by serving as a two-way translator between Illumio’s Zero Trust segmentation and the mainframe. In addition, the BMC AMI Command Center for Security system surfaces malicious performance activity for incident responders, reducing operating costs with the ability to automate password resets and offload security monitoring workloads to reduce usage charges. These innovations allow organizations to improve their security posture by preventing compromise at multiple layers to protect against damaging ransomware attacks.

Enabling Uninterrupted Service

By combining predictive analysis and actionable details into a single interface, the BMC AMI Ops solution now assures operations teams of uninterrupted service by helping them respond to potential problems before they occur. The solution uses artificial intelligence (AI) ready out-of-the-box to begin surfacing the root cause of an issue through an intuitive interface that presents data in a prioritized, at-a-glance view for fast remediation. Smart card and certificate support provide an added level of security without additional complexity.

BMC also recently announced day one support of the latest IBM® Db2® and IBM® z16 release, working with IBM so that the entire portfolios of the BMC AMI and BMC Compuware mainframe solutions are compatible with both Db2 13 and IBM z16.

“BMC is committed to delivering modern mainframe solutions that empower developers and help enterprises succeed amidst change,” said John McKenny, senior vice president and general manager, Intelligent Z Optimization and Transformation at BMC. “With our 30^th quarterly release, we are helping organizations increase their velocity, quality, and efficiency to outperform the industry with new capabilities across our BMC AMI and BMC Compuware portfolios.”

Additional Resources

• Learn what’s new in BMC’s mainframe solutions
• Discover choice and flexibility when choosing Git for the mainframe
• Discover what it takes to be an Autonomous Digital Enterprise

^¹ “The Total Economic Impact(TM) Of BMC Compuware and ISPW And Topaz,” a commissioned study conducted by Forrester Consulting on behalf of BMC.

About BMC

From core to cloud to edge, BMC delivers the software and services that enable over 10,000 global customers, including 84% of the Forbes Global 100, to thrive in their ongoing evolution to an Autonomous Digital Enterprise.

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