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Delivering Effective DDoS Protection

Highlights from an Ovum analyst white paper

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The importance of DDoS protection services

• Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks can: – Stop or impair online operations

– Cost a targeted business in lost sales and reputation

• Compared to a year ago: – Attack volumes: 26% increase

– Application attacks: 17% increase

– Infrastructure attacks: 30% increase

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Are you protecting your online services?

• Online services are a critical aspect of business

• DDoS attacks are common across all industries – No business is immune

• Businesses need better security and DDoS protection – One-third of organizations do not have a DDoS

mitigation strategy

– One-third depend upon automated devices only

• The right DDoS protection provider is essential

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There are many sources of DDoS attacks

• DDoS attacks have been around for more than a decade

• Attacks can come from: – Organized criminals

– State-sponsored actors

– Extortionists

– Hacktivists

– Competitors

– Stock manipulators

– Young malicious hackers

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Your DDoS protection provider should be a

trusted partner

• All online organizations need an effective DDoS protection strategy – Monitor for DDoS threats

– Detect attacks promptly

– Deal with any attack of any size and complexity

– Maintain normal operations throughout

• Develop a close relationship with a provider – Before, during and after an attack

• Choosing a provider is a critical business decision

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Select a DDoS protection provider carefully

• DDoS protection services are not equally capable

• Businesses are often surprised when protection solutions fail

• Deploy DDoS protection before the first attack

• Take a systematic approach to selecting a DDoS mitigation provider

• Ensure your provider has addressed all corporate requirements

• Use enterprise-level criteria

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Ten DDoS protection vendor selection criteria:

#1 - Depth of experience

• Experienced vendors have matured their solutions over time

• Look for: – Longevity

– Track record

– Success rates

– All-around protection

For a complete list and descriptions of all 10 recommended enterprise-level criteria, downlad the Ovum analyst white paper

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Ten DDoS protection vendor selection criteria:

#2 - Dedicated network capacity

• More providers emerging to profit from demand

• Look for: – Guaranteed levels of protection

– Dedicated DDoS mitigation network

– Always-available capacity

– Protection against all types of DDoS activity

– Tracking new threats to stay ahead of attackers

For a complete list and descriptions of all 10 recommended enterprise-level criteria, download the Ovum analyst white paper

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Ovum analyst report: Delivering Effective

DDoS Protection

• Download the Ovum analyst white paper, Delivering Effective DDoS Protection to learn: – Why all organizations with an online presence are at

risk of becoming a target for DDoS attacks

– Not all DDoS solutions are capable of providing the required levels of protection for your organization

– A comprehensive list of enterprise criteria for evaluating DDoS protection providers

– Why proactive protection is needed to deal with all stages of a DDoS attack

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About Prolexic

• Prolexic Technologies is the world’s largest and most trusted provider of DDoS protection and mitigation services

• Prolexic has successfully stopped DDoS attacks for more than a decade

• Our global DDoS mitigation network and 24/7 security operations center (SOC) can stop even the largest attacks that exceed the capabilities of other DDoS mitigation service providers