Arelion has released an automated distributed denial of service (DDoS) mitigation solution.

The Swedish telecoms carrier claimed that its solution, SecureConnect, automatically detects commonplace DDoS attack types, with an emphasis on volumetric threats of the sort which have faced Cloudflare and others in recent months.

To prevent attacks at the network edge, the tool uses the BGP Flow Specification (Flowspec) protocol, an extension to the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP) that allows the dynamic distribution of traffic flow rules across a network.

The firm claimed the solution could help clients meet International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certification requirements such as ISO 27001, which addresses DDoS and other risk management concerns.

It also touted Flowspec defenses in scrubbing centers across Europe, the Americas, and Asia, bolstering its DDoS mitigation capabilities.

Citing in-house data, Arelion claimed the average volumetric attack size increased by 97% from 2023 to 2024, with advances in AI expanding the attack surface.

Recent research from Nexusguard meanwhile claimed that while the total number of DDoS attacks increased by just 2% year-over-year, the average attack size increased by 69%, with maximum attack sizes reaching 962.2 Gb/s.

“As AI reshapes the DDoS battleground, we remain committed to keeping our customers’ businesses connected and protected while reducing implementation complexity. SecureConnect enables companies to stem the onslaught of opportunistic attacks so common in today’s connectivity ecosystem” said Johan Ottosson, VP of Strategy and Product Management at Arelion.

“This product enhances flexibility and resilience to safeguard the network underlay, reflecting our longstanding commitment to providing reliable connectivity that is crucial to global economies,” added Scott Nichols, CCO at Arelion.

The release of SecureConnect follows Arelion’s recent upgrade of its Scandinavian 'AI superhighway', via newly built last‑mile infrastructure and high-fiber count cable deployment in existing ducts between Stockholm, Oslo, and Copenhagen, Denmark.

The firm’s strategy reflects Scandinavia’s status as a prime hub for data centers, with Oslo alone hosting 423 megawatts (MW) of total data center capacity.