How To Prevent A Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) Attack
Distributed denial of service attacks continues to increase in size, frequency, and duration.
According to a report from the Kaspersky Lab, DDoS attacks grew 80% in the first quarter of 2020 compared to the same quarter last year.
You can prevent a distributed denial of service attack by Developing a denial of service response plan, Securing your network infrastructure, Filtering routers at the edge of your network to spot and drop DDoS connections, Blackholing the site that is being DDoS’d, thereby directing all traffic to an invalid address.
What Is A Distributed Denial Of Service (DDoS) Attack?
A Distributed Denial Of Service Attack (DDoS) is an attack on a system that is launched from multiple sources and is intended to make a computer’s resources or services unavailable.
DDoS attacks typically include sustained, abnormally high network traffic.
The Mirai Botnet that launched a DDoS attack against the internet service provider Dyn causing outages for popular websites including Airbnb, Amazon, CNN, HBO, and Reddit.
It did this by connecting and controlling thousands of wireless internet connected devices and used their resources to power the attack against their servers.
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How Do You Prevent A DDoS Attack?
You can prevent a distributed denial of service attack by:
- Developing a denial of service response plan.
- Securing your network infrastructure.
- Filtering routers at the edge of your network to spot and drop DDoS connections.
- Blackholing the site that is being DDoS’d, thereby directing all traffic to an invalid address.
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