FortiDDoS and the Verisign DDoS Protection Service combine always-on, on-premises mitigation with scalable cloud scrubbing for complex and high-volume attacks. FortiDDoS detects and removes Layer 3, 4, and 7 floods, anomalies, slow attacks, and application threats while allowing legitimate traffic and providing real-time visibility. When activity exceeds customer-defined thresholds, FortiDDoS uses Verisign OpenHybrid RESTful signaling to alert Verisign engineers. Customers can redirect traffic to Verisign’s Athena scrubbing centers, where volumetric, application, and SSL attacks are filtered before clean traffic returns. Portal reporting shows alerts and cloud countermeasures. The hybrid model protects against pipe saturation, adds massive capacity, minimizes operations and setup, lowers c

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