A method and system are provided for centralizing services subscribed to
by customers of a service provider for detecting attacks at the
customer-end of a communications network. A signal diverter is installed
in a signal path carrying inbound communication signals common to
subscribed customers and a portion of the collective inbound signals for
each customer is diverted to a detection apparatus. Finally, based on
parameters for each subscribed customer, a determination is made as to if
a subscribed customer is experiencing an attack.