A Responder's Guide to DDoS Attacks: Seeing Clearly Through the Smoke

Most businesses are aware that the DDoS threat is real, but are they aware of the business impacts of cyber security compromises? Companies must be prepared to face not only the $100,000+ costs associated with DDoS attacks, but also the loss of customer trust and damage to their brand as a result of leaked personal information.

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A Responder's Guide to DDoS Attacks: Seeing Clearly Through the Smoke from Neustar, Inc.

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• 1. © 2015 Neustar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. A RESPONDER’S GUIDE TO SEEING CLEARLY THROUGH THE SMOKE DDoS ATTACKS
• 2. MOST BUSINESSES ARE AWARE THAT THE DDOS THREAT IS REAL. of responders view DDoS attacks as A GROWING THREAT TO THEIR ORGANIZATION. report that their organization is INVESTING MORE OF ITS ANNUAL BUDGET TO DEFEND AGAINST DDOS ATTACKS. RECOGNIZING RISK 40% 51% © 2015 Neustar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
• 3. SECURITY AWARENESS DDoS attacks are occurring more frequently and defense spending is growing. OVER 40% are investing more in DDoS protection versus last year. NEARLY 51% say their investment should be larger. © 2015 Neustar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
• 4. “The use of website stressor services, which lets anyone take down a website for as little as six dollars an hour—has become a major source of irritant attacks, with the sizes jumping during 2014. Increasing mitigation capacity alone simply isn’t enough, and in fact will only encourage larger attacks. We have to become more strategic.” Rodney Joffe Senior Vice President, Neustar © 2015 Neustar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
• 5. FREQUENCY AND COST FREQUENCY OF ATTACKS: 88% of companies are hit multiple times, with 39% attacked over 10 times annually. Attack frequency: • Once 12% • 2-5 times 36% • 6-10 times 13% • About every month 18% • About every week 9% • Lost count 12% COST OF ATTACKS: 1 in 3 companies (32%) would lose over $100k-$250k of revenue per hour. • Less than $25K 18% • $29K-$49K 5% • $50K-$99K 6% • $100K-$249K 8% • $250K-$499K 6% • $500K-$1M 7% • $1M+ 11% • Don’t know 39% © 2015 Neustar, Inc. All Rights Reserved.