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What is a DDOS Attack?
DDoS is an acronym for Distributed Denial of Service. This is a type of DoS attack that utilizes multiple computers that are often times loaded with Trojans, in order to assault a single system causing a Denial of Service attack. Victims of a DDoS typically consist of both the Target system and the systems used to carry out the attack.
Who should defend against DDOS?
In reality all businesses which utilize a website should put forward some sort of DDoS protection for their websites. In 2015, cloud based security company Akamai reported that small businesses noticed a 180% increase in attacks over last year. And the cost to small business owners in the event of such an attack? Kaspersky Labs reports that the average cost to small to medium business owners is $52,000 per attack. What about the cost to large business owners? Kaspersky Labs reports that the average cost to large business owners is $444,000 per attack. Kaspersky Labs counts small businesses to be anywhere from 1 to 250 employees. Medium businesses are anywhere from 250 to 1,500 employees. And Large businesses are from 1,500+ employees.
Who should I go with?
The best protection against a DDoS Attack is a cloud based protection. It's normally best to go with a managed protection service, which gives you the peace of mind of knowing that your protected without having to worry about managing that protection yourself. Incapsula can provide you with that protection. They offer comprehensive protection against a wide array of attacks including both the most well-known and the not so well-known. These include the Network-Based Attacks (e.g. Slowloris, ICMP, or TCP & UDP Floods) as well as Application Layer Attacks (e.g. GET Flood) that attempt to overwhelm server resources.