Cloud Computing: Complacency about DDoS attacks puts businesses at risk, survey shows
June 13, 2015
Grazed from ComputerWeekly. Author: Warwick Ashford.
Complacency about distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks is putting businesses at risk, a survey has revealed. Investment in specific DDoS protection is relatively low, according to a survey by F5 Networks at Infosecurity Europe 2015 in London.
Attention is turning to application data breaches, network attacks and malware, despite 60% of respondents saying they are worried about DDoS attacks and 39% admitting it is likely their organisation has already been targeted. Similarly to advanced persistent threats (APTs), many DDoS attacks are starting to be characterised by long durations, repetition and changing attack vectors, according to a recent report by Imperva…
Almost 40% of the organisations questioned are using a firewall to protect against DDoS attacks, with web application firewalls preferred by 26% of respondents, but investment in specific DDoS protection, either on or off premise, scored much lower…
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