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DDOS ATTACK ON WEB

APPLICATIONS
The situation where DoS attacks
are stimulated from several
sources opposed to the same
DoS

Do
Do

victim, they are mentioned as


S
S

Distributed Denial of Service


(DDoS).
DoS
This attack has been allied with botnets,
DoS

which is a huge network of the victim


systems (ranging from a hundred to more
than ten million) that are controlled
remotely. 

DDOS EFFECTS
An successful attack can cause protracted downtime and could result in
some costly effects.
Restrict legitimate handlers from accessing the system
Deadly damage an entire network and even network stack

DDOS ATTACK TARGETS

Others
7%
Media
5%
Financialservice
7%

Gaming
software 54%
23%

Telecom
4%
according to Akamai Report

DDOS PROTECTION
Conduct a Risk Assessment
Create a formal DDoS incident response procedure
Deploy a layered DDoS preventive strategy
Know ISP Options
Learn Lessons after an attack
Test the environment
Leverage handled security services

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