{"id":472,"date":"2023-01-10T19:24:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T19:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/?page_id=472"},"modified":"2023-01-11T09:23:34","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T09:23:34","slug":"distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-attacks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/attacks\/distributed-denial-of-service-ddos-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<!-- Block \/ Hero Content -->\n    <section class=\"block block-hero-content section-style-reverse block-can-condense\">\n        <div class=\"relative\">\n            <figure class=\"bg-gray-800\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" style=\"min-height: 600px; max-height: 70vh;\" class=\"w-full aspect-square md:aspect-video object-cover object-center max-h-hero lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89.png 1536w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-89-1350x900.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" data-sal=\"fade-in\" data-sal-duration=\"500\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" \/>\n            <\/figure>\n\n            <!-- Overlay -->\n            <div class=\"absolute inset-0 overflow-hidden flex items-end\" style=\"background: linear-gradient(180deg, rgba(0,0,0,0.95) 5%, rgba(0,0,0,0.1012998949579832) 30%, rgba(0,0,0,0.09569765406162467) 64%, rgba(0,0,0,1) 100%);\"><\/div>\n\n            <!-- Title -->\n            <div class=\"absolute left-0 bottom-0 w-full text-white\">\n                <div class=\"container mx-auto block-px block-py\">\n                    <div class=\"w-full max-w-3xl\">\n                        <!-- Title -->\n                                                    <h1 class=\"text-4xl md:text-5xl font-title font-bold\">Tips to protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks<\/h1>\n                                                <!-- Content -->\n                                            <\/div>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n<!-- Block \/ Introduction -->\n<section aria-label=\"Introduction\" role=\"contentinfo\" class=\"block block-introduction section-style-normal block-py block-can-condense\">\n\n    <div class=\"container block-px\" data-sal=\"fade-in\" data-sal-delay=\"400\" data-sal-duration=\"800\">\n        <div class=\"child-typography font-title text-2xl sm:text-2xl md:text-2xl xl:text-3xl max-w-5xl\">\n            <p>This is a type of cyber attack that aims to make a website or application unavailable.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- Block \/ Main Content -->\n<section class=\"block block-main-content section-style-normal block-py block-can-condense\">\n    <div class=\"container block-px\">\n        <div class=\"child-typography max-w-5xl text-lg xl:text-lg\">\n            <p>Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a type of cyber attack that aims to make a website or application unavailable by overwhelming it with traffic from multiple sources. DDoS attacks can cause significant damage to a business&#8217;s reputation and operations. To protect your business, it&#8217;s essential to understand the methods used in DDoS attacks and take steps to prevent them from disrupting your systems. In this article, we will explore how to protect against DDoS attacks and provide practical tips and best practices for safeguarding your networks and data.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Implement a DDoS protection service that can detect and mitigate DDoS attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Use firewalls and intrusion detection\/prevention systems to block malicious traffic.<\/li>\n<li>Have an incident response plan in place to quickly respond to a DDoS attack, contain the damage and restore your systems to normal operations as soon as possible.<\/li>\n<li>Monitor your network traffic and use traffic analysis tools to detect anomalies.<\/li>\n<li>Have a secondary connection, such as a VPN, in case the primary connection is overwhelmed during an attack.<\/li>\n<li>Use content delivery networks (CDNs) that can help distribute traffic across multiple servers.<\/li>\n<li>Test your network&#8217;s resilience by performing regular penetration tests and simulated DDoS attacks.<\/li>\n<li>Use software restriction policies or application whitelisting to prevent unauthorised software from running on devices.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<!-- Block \/ Text Image Combo -->\n<section class=\"block block-text-image-combo section-style-normal block-py block-can-condense\">\n\n    <div class=\"container mx-auto flex flex-wrap flex-row\">\n\n        <!-- Image -->\n        <div class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2\">\n\n            <!-- Main Image -->\n            <div class=\"flex h-full block-px justify-end\">\n                <figure class=\"relative max-w-3xl w-full aspect-square flex justify-start bg-black bg-opacity-5\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"h-full object-cover w-full lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90.png\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90.png 1536w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/cybersecurity.realisingdesigns.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/infosec-90-1350x900.png 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" data-sal=\"fade-in\" data-sal-duration=\"500\" data-sal-easing=\"ease-in-out\" \/>\n                <\/figure>\n            <\/div>\n\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- Copy -->\n        <div class=\"w-full md:w-1\/2 flex items-center justify-center\">\n            <div class=\"w-full split-blocks-copy block-px flex justify-end\">\n\n                <div class=\"max-w-full md:max-w-lg block-py\">\n\n                    <!-- Title -->\n                                            <h2 class=\"font-title title-lg title-space-normal text-center md:text-left\">Effective DDoS Protection with Cloudflare<\/h2>\n                    \n                    <!-- Content -->\n                                            <div class=\"child-typography text-lg xl:text-lg\">\n                            <p>Cloudflare is a service that helps protect against Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks by routing traffic through its global network of data centers before it reaches a website or application. Cloudflare uses a variety of techniques to absorb and mitigate the effects of a DDOS attack, such as traffic shaping, request limiting, and IP blocking. By routing traffic through its network, Cloudflare is able to detect and block malicious traffic before it reaches the target website or application. This can greatly reduce the impact of a DDOS attack on a website or application, allowing it to remain accessible to legitimate users.<\/p>\n<p>Cloudflare also can provide additional security features such as Web Application Firewall (WAF) to provide additional protection against other types of attacks. Using Cloudflare can help protect against DDoS attacks by providing an additional layer of security to detect and block malicious traffic before it reaches the target website or application. 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