Arbor Edge Defense vs. Arbor Sightline

NETSCOUT® Arbor Edge Defense (AED) is a DDoS protection appliance designed to help organizations protect their networks from evolving Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and other advanced cyber threats. Positioned strategically at the network edge, between the internet router and the firewall, AED serves as both the first and last line of defense against malicious activities.

NETSCOUT Arbor Sightline is a high-performance network visibility and DDoS detection platform engineered for the demands of large-scale service provider environments. It provides deep, real-time insight into IP traffic by ingesting and analyzing flow data such as NetFlow, sFlow, and IPFIX. For cybersecurity teams, this means having a continuous, comprehensive view of network behavior that enables rapid detection of anomalies, volumetric attacks, and stealthy threats that could otherwise evade traditional perimeter defenses.