Thursday, February 19, 2015

Don’t dig a well when your house is on fire

Whether your SMB/SOHO relies on a hosting provider or is looking to use the services of one inquire as to whether or not they use DDoS protection.  If they do, ask them about it.  If they don't, keep looking.

From SecurityBistro:

Don’t dig a well when your house is on fire

Relying on human intervention to mitigate DDoS attacks is like digging a well when your house is on fire.  When it comes to ensuring service availability and maintaining uptime and SLAs, hosting providers should use minimal (if any) manual intervention when defending against a DDoS attack.  Instead, real-time DDoS mitigation will allow providers to eliminate data center outages and collateral damage within the hosted environment.  The following is a real-world example of real-time DDoS protection, utilizing purpose built DDoS protection technology, coupled with sophisticated visibility, reporting and analytics capabilities.

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