Itay Glick

Itay Glick is the AVP of network and cloud security at Allot. He has more than 17 years of executive management experience in cybersecurity at global technology companies based in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Prior to joining Allot, he founded his own company and played a key role in managing the development of equipment for the lawful interception market on behalf of Verint Systems. Itay launched his career as a software engineer in an elite intelligence unit of the Israel Defense Forces. He holds an M.B.A. from Bar-Ilan University and a B.Sc. in electrical engineering from the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

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Mitigating DDoS attacks with network function virtualization

Itay Glick

December 3, 2020

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are more than an inconvenience; they paralyze operations and cause significant direct and indirect costs to those affected. Over 23,000 DDoS attacks are recorded per day, leaving companies to deal with disrupted online services. Recently, New Zealand’s Stock Exchange (NZX) was hit by a large DDoS attack for four consecutive days which led to a stock market closure that barred many from trading.

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Mitigating DDoS attacks with network function virtualization

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