Things to Know
About Contingency Planning for
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1. DDoS attacks are not an IF, but a WHEN.
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2. Realize that DDoSattacks are on the rise.
A 102% increase in attack size YOY* and as many as 7000 attacks happen daily.**
* Arbor Networks: DDoS Attack Trends Through 2010, Infrastructure Security Report & ATLAS Initiative
** Forrester Consulting, The Trends and Changing Landscape of DDoS Threats and Protection.
3. A budgetneeds to be
allocated for .
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DDoSmitigation.
4. There are mulitiple options:
- on-premise- upstream or
- in the cloud.
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5. Evaluate the
Pros & Consfor every
option & decision.
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(i.e. cloud offerings are away from your network, therefore distancing the attack from your infrastructure.)
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6. Specialized expertise will be needed - will you have this in-house or will you need to outsource DDoS expertise?
7. Learn from others’ past mistakes.
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8. Know the
your infrastructure
bandwidth.
limitations of
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9. Once your DDoS plan is in place, make sure you evaluate the rest of your security needs
(such as intrusion detection & mitigation.)
10. A contingency plan is ever changing, and will need to be updated on a regular basis.
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