In part 1 of this article, we examined the continued increases in the frequency and magnitude of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, the growing potential for collateral damage at the datacenter and regional network level, and the trend toward multi-vector DDoS attacks. We will now explore how a “defence-in-depth” approach is necessary to protect your business-critical […]
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The Truth about DDoS Attacks: Part 1
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a plague on the Internet. In the last 5 years, the magnitude of DDoS attacks has steadily increased to the point that in a recent NYT interview Matthew Prince from CloudFlare compared DDoS attacks to “nuclear bombs” in their capacity to cause wide-spread damage. While, as the CEO […]