GTT Communications, Inc. has announced the expansion of its network of scrubbing centers in partnership with Corero Network Security, the DDoS protection specialists, spanning four continents globally. Scrubbing centers receive network traffic and remove any malicious traffic that may be associated with a DDoS attack, to ensure only "scrubbed" safe traffic is delivered to its intended destination. The center in Madrid, Spain, is the latest addition to GTT's global DDoS protection platform, which includes 10 scrubbing centers across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.

The GTT platform uses Corero's next-generation DDoS technology, within GTT's global Tier 1 internet protocol backbone, to detect and filter out malicious traffic and complex threats in the network core, in real time. The new facility in Spain expands the reach of GTT's scrubbing centers worldwide and strengthens its global network. Madrid, a crucial data center hub with a strategic international position connecting Spain with Latin America, Africa, and Asia-Pacifichttps.

According to Corero, 2022 was another record-setting year for network-based DDoS attacks, which overwhelming the available bandwidth of targeted victims. Corero's security research team highlighted a 39% increase in multi-vector spread spectrum pulse attacks that are designed to circumvent legacy DDoS detection and protection capabilities.