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Network security for enterprise connectivity

Protect your business with network security built into the connectivity you rely on – helping reduce risk, support performance and strengthen resilience.

Security built for enterprise networks

Enterprise security starts with the network. Arelion helps organizations protect users, applications and data with secure, high-performance connectivity designed for scale. Our solutions support distributed enterprise environments across sites and clouds, while aligning with Zero Trust principles and SASE architectures. 

With built-in protection, resilient infrastructure and strong operational visibility, enterprises can improve security without compromising performance. Centralized visibility and monitoring provide the control, analytics and auditability enterprises need to meet compliance demands, while AI-driven detection enables faster identification and mitigation of threats. This helps security teams scale more effectively as requirements evolve. 

Enterprise network security challenges

As enterprise environments become more distributed, maintaining consistent security across sites, users, applications and cloud environments becomes more difficult. Security teams need to reduce exposure, protect critical traffic and maintain resilience – without compromising performance. Key network security challenges include:

Expanding attack surface

Multiple sites, data centers, partners, and remote users increase exposure and complexity.

Protecting data in transit

Sensitive data must be secured against interception and disruption without impacting performance.

Maintaining reliability and availability

Networks need built‑in resilience to reduce the risk of business disruption. 

Meeting compliance requirements

Enterprises need visibility, control, and auditability across complex environments. 

Balancing security and performance

Strong protection must support high‑performance, business‑critical applications. 

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    How Arelion helps secure enterprise networks

    Security is a core pillar of Arelion’s networks and services. As cyber threats grow more sophisticated, protecting enterprises against disruptive DDoS attacks becomes increasingly important. Arelion delivers a multi-layered, built-in approach to network security – from optical fiber to network edge – combining proactive detection with resilient infrastructure. Security should strengthen connectivity, not complicate it.

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    • Built-in protection: Arelion SecureConnect delivers built-in, network-level DDoS protection directly through Internet access and transit, helping make security simpler and more seamless.
    • Resilience at scale: As the world’s #1 ranked Internet backbone provider, Arelion is designed to handle and mitigate terabit-scale DDoS attacks as a matter of course, without affecting network performance.
    • Flexible service options: We offer a range of solutions tailored to different enterprise needs, including IP access with or without an AS number, and options with or without integrated DDoS protection.
    • Operational confidence: With robust protection built into the network, teams can reduce complexity and focus on core business activities with greater confidence.

    How enterprises secure their networks

    Arelion supports a range of enterprise network security use cases across sites, clouds and distributed environments. 

    Network security for on-premises environments
    Protect applications and services in on-premises environments with built-in, network-level security that reduces pressure on traditional security devices, and helps limit added complexity.
    Large‑scale enterprise deployments
    Ideal for enterprises with multiple sites connected via Dedicated Internet Access (DIA) to the Arelion network, Arelion SecureConnect delivers consistent, scalable protection across locations - providing a clear advantage over approaches that rely on fragmented or unprotected connectivity.
    Security for hybrid and multi‑cloud connectivity

    Protect traffic between on-premises environments, cloud providers and SaaS platforms with consistent network-level security. This reduces reliance on multiple cloud-native tools while improving protection and visibility across distributed environments.

    Enterprise connectivity for remote and distributed users

    Support modern work models by securing access for remote employees, partners and third parties. Zero Trust principles help verify access continuously without unnecessarily affecting user experience or performance. 

    Network security for regulated industries

    Meet the visibility, control and auditability requirements of regulated industries such as finance, healthcare and critical infrastructure, while supporting the performance needed for business-critical operations. 

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      Why do enterprises choose Arelion?

      Global reach

      80,000+ km fiber network and 350+ PoPs worldwide.

      Performance guarantees

      Industry-leading SLAs for latency and uptime.

      Resilient protection
      against large-scale DDoS threats and advanced routing security.
      Premium connectivity

      through a Tier-1 provider for optimal performance and reach.

      Dedicated security experts

      available to support your operations.

      24/7 threat monitoring

      powered by continuously updated intelligence from leading industry sources.

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