Mitigating Intelligent DDoS Attacks

Data Center Knowledge (Oct 11 2011) Networking

1. Whether you’re an ISP, a hosting company, a data center operator offering “cloud services,” or all of the above, you are no doubt facing multiple business challenges. Increasing competition; corporate pressure to expand market share, ARPU and profitability, shrinking staff size, and reduced CAPEX/OPEX budgets. Today’s business environment is clearly tougher than ever. The size, frequency and complexity of DDoS attacks are increasing and to make matters worse, traditional security products such as firewalls or Intrusion Prevention Systems (IPS) are inadequate when it comes to stopping them. Over the last two years, the term “DDoS attack” has made its way into the public media stream and even folks with no technical background are aware of the existence and potential impact of such attacks. (Read Full Article)

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