9 Steps For Fighting Against a DDos Attack in real-time
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The document outlines nine steps to combat DDoS attacks effectively in real-time, emphasizing the importance of identifying the attack type, prioritizing critical applications, and using IP whitelisting. It highlights advanced measures like blocking malicious IP addresses and enhancing application-level security, along with public relations strategies if the attack is publicly known. Organizations are urged to stay prepared for ongoing DDoS threats in the digital age.
9 Steps For Fighting Against a DDos Attack in real-time
- 1. 9 STEPS FOR FIGHTING AGAINST DDOS ATTACKS IN REAL-TIME www.haltdos.com | info@haltdos.com
- 2. Slow network performance or a single website downtime can cause serious revenue damage to any online business, both in lost sales and consumer trust. DDoS attacks these days have become the stuff of nightmares for website owners. 1 If you think your business is exposed to such kind of an attack, we'd recommend you to follow these steps to protect your web resources against the different types of DDoS attacks:
- 3. Find out common causes of an outage, such as DNS misconfiguration, upstream routing issues, and human error/s. 1.VerifyThatThereIsAnAttack 2
- 4. Find out the type of an attack. Is it a volumetric, protocol, or application layer attack? You can take help of DDoS mitigation service provider. 2.DetermineTheTypeOfAnAttack 3
- 5. Make decisions in an organized way to keep your high-value applications alive. If you have limited resources and you are experiencing a DDoS attack then try to protect those applications which are crucial to your business. 3.PrioritizeYourApplications 4
- 6. White list the IP addresses of trusted remote users that require access and main list this list. Distribute the list throughout the network and with service providers as needed. 4.EnsureYourRemoteClients 5
- 7. If there is an advanced attack vector - it is impossible for your service provider to determine the no. of attack sources. Make a list of attacking IP addresses and block those IP addresses at the gateway level. Or you can also block a Geo-IP location to block the traffic coming from a specific country/city. 5.DetermineSourceAddressOptions 6
- 8. Specific application-layer attacks can be mitigated on a case- by-case basis with an implementation of DDoS mitigation solution. Today's attackers are targeting businesses with the multi-vector DDoS attacks such as HTTP flood, low and slow DDoS, etc. 6.MitigateApplicationLayerAttacks 7
- 9. If you are still experiencing issues then Focus on your application-level defenses: login walls, human detection, or Real Browser Enforcement. 7.IncreaseYourSecurityPerimeter 8
- 10. If all the previous steps fail to stop a DDoS attack on your network - simply constrain resources to fight an attack, like rate & connection limit is the last resort – it can turn away both good and bad traffic. Instead, you may want to disable or blackhole an application. 8.ConstrainResources 9
- 11. If the attack becomes public, prepare two statements first for the press and second for internal staff and admit you're being attacked If your industry policies allow it and be straightforward about it. 9.Managepublicrelations 10
- 12. In a digital age – where a DDoS attack is likely to continue to grow it’s important for organizations need to be prepared for an attack. 11 To Know More: Check Out This Infographic Tips To Protect Your Business From DDoS Attacks
- 13. Simplifying IT Security Web Application Firewall & www.haltdos.com DDoS Mitigation Solution