Covad Communications Group, web hosting and VoIP provider has enhanced its network potection solution, against denial of service and bot and worm attacks.

In addition, the Company also serves as an active member of a fingerprint sharing alliance, in order to more easily resolve cross-company network threats, with the Arbor Network Peakflow SP software solution. The network enhancement is designed to protect Covad's network against distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, worms, and other network vulnerabilities and routing instabilities. The latter includes hacker-controlled botnets that can be used to attack a Website or network on command. This network enhancement helps to protect all of Covad's customers at no additional cost to them. In addition to deploying the software solution, Covad also serves as an active member of the Fingerprint Sharing Alliance (FSA), a global coalition of Arbor's telecommunications customers that have joined together to prevent cyber attacks that cross service provider and national boundaries.

"Continuing to ensure the integrity of our nationwide network is of the utmost importance as we deliver innovative and outstanding services to our customers. This network enhancement and membership in the FSA improves our traffic monitoring capability and has enabled Covad to save customers and partners thousands of dollars in losses due to security incidents," said Dr. Ron Marquardt, Chief Technology Officer for Covad.