Revolutionary Off-Network Cybersecurity: Allot Unveils Comprehensive 360-Degree Protection

Allot Launches Off-Network Protection in Its 360-Degree Platform

Summary

• Allot, a provider of network intelligence and security products, has introduced an off-network cybersecurity service.
• The new service is part of Allot’s 360-degree Protection Platform.
• It aims to protect devices and users whatever network they are connected to.
• Allot’s approach includes real-time threat intelligence, machine learning and partnerships with telecom operators.

Protection that follows the device

Allot has launched an off-network cybersecurity service as part of its 360-degree Protection Platform. Any network, private or public.

The idea is continuous protection as people move between networks. Most phones hop between mobile data and Wi-Fi many times a day. Each hop is a chance for an attacker.

Coverage outside the carrier network

Allot’s pitch is protection that goes beyond the traditional network boundary. That matters because smartphones and other connected devices switch constantly between mobile data and different Wi-Fi networks, and each comes with its own weaknesses.

The new service covers devices on any network, including unsecured public Wi-Fi. That closes a gap that often goes unnoticed: a device protected on its carrier’s network can be exposed the moment it joins a café hotspot.

How threats are caught

The service relies on real-time threat intelligence, supported by machine learning and analytics that are meant to detect new threats, learn from them and block them as they appear, ideally before anything malicious ever reaches the user’s phone, tablet or laptop.

Allot says the system adapts as threats change, identifying risks before they reach user data. The company presents this as part of its push to keep its products current.

Selling through telecom operators

Allot sells its security services through partnerships with telecom operators, which lets it reach a much larger customer base than it could on its own. Those partners handle much of the rollout to subscribers.

Allot also points to its record in network security. Trust matters here.

What it means for mobile users

Security has to follow users as they move around. Allot’s service challenges older approaches that protect only one network.

The launch reflects a broader shift toward security built for mobile, connected users. Allot is betting that operators and their customers will want protection that doesn’t switch off when the device changes networks.

As people do more of their banking, shopping and work on phones, services like this are likely to become standard rather than an add-on.

Dan Evert, CCNP

Dan Evert is a self proclaimed Router Jockey. Dan got heavily involved in networking right out of high school and has never looked back! Dan is giving back by working with high school students to get them involved and interested in Networking and Security.