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The Stakes Have Changed:

DO YOU FEEL LUCKY?

In a world where anyone with a grievance and an internet connection can launch crippling DDoS attacks, how much longer can you wait to get serious about availability protection?

More Appreciation of Risk

= BETTER BEHAVIOR —Survey results indicate a better understanding of the brand damage and operational expense that are incurred due to successful DDoS attacks, driving focus on best practices and incident response preparedness.

SERVICE PROVIDERSThe frequency of DDoS attacks is increasing as 53% indicate they are seeing more than 51 attacks per month — up from 44% last year.

ENTERPRISE, GOVERNMENT + EDUCATION (EGE)DDoS is the most commonly experienced threat. 42% experienced a DDoS attack last year, and nearly half of those experienced more than 10 attacks per month.

60%

25%

—Illustrating the importance of a good DDoS protection strategy.

In the midst of this frenetic threat activity…

DDoS PROTECTION IS INCREASINGLY ON THE MIND OF NETWORK OPERATORS.

Of Data Center operators, saw the cost of a major DDoS attack at above $100,000.

Of Enterprise, Government and Educational organizations estimate downtime costs above $500/minute with some indicating much greater expense.

66% Of EGE respondents now factor DDoS into their business and IT risk assessment processes.

THE POTENTIAL CONSEQUENCES DEMAND THIS ATTENTION.

FREQUENCY

78% of Service Providers reported more demand for DDoS managed services from Enterprise customers.

ENTERPRISE,GOVERNMENT + EDUCATION(EGE)

Both Service Provider and EGE indicated a marked decrease in the use of less effective solutions such as firewalls and load balancers, which is very positive.

Down from 71% (a huge and very encouraging) drop.

Are using firewalls for DDoS defense.

40% Had seen firewalls or IPS/IDS experience or contribute to an outage during a DDoS attack.

43%

Are deploying IDMS solutions.

44%

45%

Deploy best practice hybrid defense.

30% Utilize an “always on” device or service.

26%

Forty-five percent of organizations had firewall or IPS devices experience a failure or contribute to an outage during an attack, similar to last year.

Just over fifty percent of respondents now carry out DDoS defense simulations, with around 30% carrying them out at least quarterly.

DATA CENTER/CLOUD PROVIDERS

51

10

DDoS attacks were the number one concern for Service Providers.

Are using Intelligent DDoS Mitigation Systems (IDMS) to mitigate DDoS attacks.

SERVICE PROVIDERS

83% Can mitigate in less than 20 minutes.

77% Are able to mitigate automatically.

27%

Arbor Networks 12th Annual Worldwide Infrastructure Security Report