Infrastructure Under Attack
What makes a DDoS attack different from an everyday data breach? The answer is embedded in the term: denial of service. The motive of a DDoS attack is to prevent the delivery of online services that people depend on. Financial institutions, gaming and e-commerce websites are among the top targets of DDoS attacks, as are cloud service providers that host sites or service applications for business customers. Even a brief disruption of service delivery can cost an enterprise millions in lost business, not counting the after-effects of alienated customers and reputational damage. Because DDoS attacks and data breaches are so different in nature, conventional security infrastructure components used to combat breaches – perimeter firewalls, intrusion detection/preventions systems (IDI/IPS) and the like – are comparatively ineffective at mitigating DDoS attacks. These security products ce...