Page 15 - White Papers in Security Operations

Data Breach and DDoS: Security in a Faster Forward World

In addition to brute force/scale based attacks, attackers often probe for, and then take advantage of, application vulnerabilities to steal data or pursue financial gain. This means that, in addition to a Web security solution's scale and performance, organizations should consider how architecture and adaptability...

One Step Ahead: End-to-End DDoS Defense for Financial Services

Motivated by idealistic and monetary goals, well-organized hacker groups have set their sights on financial institutions and are attacking with a vengeance - armed with institutional intelligence and striking with unprecedented persistence. Because of this, every financial services company - whether a multi-million...

How to Prepare Your Infrastructure for DDoS Mitigation

In this jointly developed white paper from Fortinet and Ixia, you'll learn the basics of a DDoS attack, methods to mitigate them, and how to thoroughly test your defenses. Topics discussed include: How DDoS attacks work; Layer 3, 4 and 7 DDoS attack types and how they disable your network resources; How to...

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DDoS and Downtime: Considerations for Risk Management

Proactive DDoS threat mitigation may be one of the easiest and most cost-effective tactics for minimizing financial risk associated with IT-related downtime. This paper draws on Verisign's DDoS mitigation expertise to examine the threat of DDoS in the context of IT availability and enterprise risk management. The...

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DDoS Mitigation: Best Practices for a Rapidly Changing Threat Landscape

Given the extraordinary and rapid changes in the DDoS terrain, traditional DDoS mitigation tactics are no longer sufficient to protect an organization's critical web systems. Verisign has identified a set of best practices that enables organizations to keep pace with DDoS attacks while minimizing impact on business...

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DDoS Malware: A Research Paper

Distributed denial of service (DDoS) malware and tools threaten an organization's Internet-facing systems. This technical brief covers DDoS-enabled malware and several DDoS-specific tools, their capabilities and the network indicators they generate while performing the attack methods. It includes new attack vectors...

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Approaches to DDoS Protection

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks today are targeting businesses of all sizes and types. This article provides an expert overview of common methods of DDoS attacks and four main ways enterprises and providers of web applications can protect themselves and their customers from falling victim to this type of...

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5 Steps to Prepare for a DDoS Attack

This white paper provides an expert overview of the most common types of distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, as well as five key mitigation steps enterprises can take now to prepare for a future attack. Learn how to: Centralize data gathering and understand trends; Define a clear escalation path; Use...

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DDoS Mitigation And DNS Availability Should Be Key Components of Your Resiliency Strategy

DDoS attacks continue to grow in size, frequency and complexity, forcing network-dependent companies to implement a plan for protection. However, recent research from Forrester suggests many companies are coming up short in their DDoS attack protection strategy. Learn how changes in processes or technology can improve...

Global Application & Network Security Report

Change is headed your way whether you're prepared or not. DoS/DDoS attacks are the weapon of choice for cyber-hacktivist groups and are increasing in severity and complexity. But don't press the panic button just yet. The 2013 Global Application and Network Security Report provides insight to help detect, mitigate and...

DDoS Attack Report: Q3 2013

Each quarter Prolexic publishes a wide variety of metrics gathered from distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against its global client base, which includes over 100 financial services firms. This quarter showed a significant shift in tactics as DDoS perpetrators used more reflection attacks, which increased...

Nobody is 100% Secure - Financial Institutions, Merchants and the Race Against Cybercrime

The cyberthreats that menace the global economy are multiplying at an alarming rate. From denial-of-service attacks to take a website offline to corporate account takeover and malware, financial institutions should take notice of the information security threats that could deeply affect their infrastructure in this...

Implementing DSD'S Top 35 Mitigation Strategies

Simple fact - governments across the globe have been victims of attacks in one form or another. The frequency of these attacks has varied and the motives range from a self-deluded intention of doing good for society, to monetary or political gain or for no other reason than to demonstrate the ability to pull off such...

DDoS Defense for Financial Services

Financial services companies have been the target of a serious, sustained, and well-funded DDoS campaign for more than a year. What these attacks have demonstrated is that DDoS will continue to be a popular and increasingly complex attack vector. DDoS is no longer simply a network issue, but is increasingly a feature...

No Institution is Too Small a Target for DDoS Attacks

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks are prevalent and growing, especially in the financial services industry. According to a Ponemon Institute survey, 64% of banking IT professionals reported a DDoS attack in 2012, and 43% expected attacks to increase in 2013. Yet the same survey found that only 30% of...