DDoS Blog
Article: Is It Legal To Perform DDoS Attack Tests?
DDoS attacks can be devastating to your company by blocking traffic to your environment for current and future customers, or by attackers extorting a ransom under threat of attack. An excellent way to prevent such dangers is a DDoS attack test. DDoS attack tests are real, controlled attacks that identify weaknesses in your environment and help you create a plan to protect your company.
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Article: How Does a DDoS Risk Assessment Differ From a Penetration Test or Vulnerability Scan?
Cybersecurity is important to your business. However, the number of recommended tests to keep your company safe can be overwhelming. How can you know which tests are necessary and which are redundant?
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Article: The Difference Between NimbusDDOS and Hackers
You might be ready to protect your company from DDoS attacks, but one part of the process might have given you pause: the simulated DDoS attack. It's a proactive, controlled, and real attack on your environment. Since our NimbusDDOS experts actually attack your system, what is the difference between us and hackers?
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Article: Features of the NimbusDDOS Platform
How does NimbusDDOS help protect businesses from DDoS attacks? One critical component of the strategy we build for our clients is using simulated DDoS attacks. These attacks allow the NimbusDDOS team to identify risk areas in the client's system so we can craft a DDoS attack prevention strategy.
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Article: What Is a Botnet?
Botnet. You've likely heard the term, and you know it's probably not a good thing - especially when it comes to protecting your business' cybersecurity. But what is a botnet?
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Webinar Recording: How to Avoid the Most Common DDoS Incident Response Mistakes
In this webinar, NimbusDDOS founder and DDoS testing expert Andy Shoemaker discusses the common mistakes of a DDoS incident response. The discussion includes extensive real-world data comparing manual vs. automated incident response techniques.
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Article: What to Expect From a Quality DDoS Attack Training
Protecting your company from a DDoS attack requires more than specialized DDoS mitigation hardware or services. Instead, it requires a custom strategy with mitigation systems working in tandem with an incident response team. At the heart of this strategy is education and awareness about DDoS attacks for IT departments, business stakeholders and executives.
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Article: What Financial Institutions Are Overlooking
As a financial institution, cybersecurity is important to you, and you've taken thorough measures to ensure your systems are safe. However, there may be a type of attack that your current protocols leave you defenseless against: DDoS Attacks.
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Article: How to Gear Up for Cybersecurity in 2020
It's a new year: a time for reflecting on the past and looking forward to the future. An important area for this reflection is in the cybersecurity preparedness of your company - specifically in the area of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack strategy.
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Article: 3 Pillars of DDoS Protection: Part 1 - People
The pillars of a comprehensive defense against DDoS attacks are People, Process and Technology. Each of these areas supports the other, and when working properly, the whole is greater than the parts. In this article we will provide a high-level overview of the focus areas necessary to create a team capable of defending against a DDoS attack.
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Article: Often-Overlooked Cyber Security Guidelines for Regional Banks
For regional banks, the threat of a DDoS attack is very real. Malicious actors prey on vulnerabilities in online infrastructure, identifying architectural weaknesses and targeting unprotected resources. The attack overwhelms systems with massive volumes of traffic, crashing servers, and leaving behind a wake of destruction.
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Article: Is Your Institution in Compliance with the FFIEC in Preventing DDoS Attacks?
Each day, Financial Services organizations face a multitude of cybersecurity challenges. Whether you know it or not, your organization has a target on its back and following the FFIEC guidance can significantly improve your odds of surviving a DDoS attack.
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Article: Why DDoS Testing is Critical to DDoS Protection
DDoS protection is something that every business must take seriously to avoid financial losses and reputation damages that accompany successful attacks. Testing your DDoS mitigation makes a lot of sense when your business relies heavily on e-commerce, websites, and other online applications. If you must maintain a 24/7 online presence, DDoS testing is essential. Here are the reasons you should periodically test your DDoS protection solution:
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Video: DDoS Attack Mitigation Challenges
In this video, NimbusDDOS founder Andrew Shoemaker discusses the challenges associated with DDoS attack mitigation. Specific insight is provided across the full incident response path including challenges in detection, mitigation and analysis. Key takeaways are offered to assist organizations in creating a proactive and effective DDoS preparedness posture.
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Article: 5 Common DDoS Misconceptions
In cybersecurity we like to talk about the 0-day vulnerabilities, but with DDoS attacks the past is not as distant as it seems, and often just as relevant today as it was 24 years ago. Looking back over the last two decades, I see the same misconceptions emerge repeatedly across a diverse spectrum of organizations and industries. By avoiding these common pitfalls, you can set your organization on the right path to DDoS attack preparedness.
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Webinar Recording: Inside a DDoS Attack
Watch as we follow a fictitious attacker (NimbusDDOS Founder/CEO Andrew Shoemaker) analyzing a target, exploring and finding weaknesses. Experience how the attacker launches a DDoS attack with devastating effects. Learn about the advantages and limitations of various mitigation technologies, and be given a DDoS preparedness roadmap to help you navigate the DDoS landscape.
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