DNS Attacks are Here Are you Prepared?

DNS Attacks are Here. Are You Prepared? Chances are you're not. But you need to be. Downtime caused by DDOS and DNS attacks can be a huge hit to revenue, productivity and brand reputation. A recent study commissioned by Verisign from Forrester Research found that many companies are undermanned and outgunned against attacks that are growing both in size and complexity. 43% don't have a DDOS mitigation plan in place. 21% rely on firewalls and intrusion prevention 宵 systems - methods that aren't scalable and weren't designed for DDOS defense. 18% were unable to identify the type of DDOS attack that hit them. No Organization is Safe Financial High-Tech Retail СPG Manufacturing Services Companies of every size are at risk. Our study found that attacks are being directed at high-tech companies just as often as financial services. Bigger & Badder Volumetric DDOS & DNS attacks are on the rise, but other variations like application and multivector attacks are catching up. Here's a look at the types of attacks that hit companies last year: 44% 42% VOLUMETRIC APPLICATION e1 37% MULTIVECTOR Be Prepared. Make DDOS mitigation & DNS protection the cornerstone of your resiliency strategy. Build a business case supported by the threat of DDOS and DNS attacks to customer experience. Deploy upstream protection in the cloud as a scalable solution. DDOS DNS Single-source DDOS & DNS management. Survey respondents reported the following benefits gained from using one cloud-based provider: 75% Reduced complexity of managing multiple vendors 69% Enhanced ability to respond to DNS application attacks 68% Potential to decrease attack mitigation time Complete the CIA triangle by making availability as high a priority as confidentiality & integrity. A Learn more about this study and hear from a Forrester expert on DDOS attack readiness in an on-demand webinar at Verisigninc.com/ForresterWebinar VERISIGN' Verisignlnc.com © 2014 Verisign, Inc. All rights reserved. VERISIGN and other trademarks, service marks, and designs are registered or unregistered trademarks of Verisign, Inc. and its subsidiaries in the United States and in foreign countries. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.