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A10 Networks Security Report Sheds Light on Combating the Deluge of Multi-Vector DDoS Attacks

October 2017 by A10 Networks

Organizations are experiencing an increase in
the magnitude of DDoS attacks, with the average size of attacks over 50 Gbps
quadrupling in just two years, according to a report released
today
from A10
Networks. Conducted in partnership with IDG Connect, the study also found the gargantuan 1
Tbps attacks that started last year with the Mirai botnet have begun to leave
their mark, with 42% of organizations reporting an average size of DDoS attacks
greater than 50 Gbps, a significant increase from 2015, when only 10% of attacks
were above that size.

Multi-vector DDoS attacks continue to increase and assault networks and
applications at a rapid pace, according to the
report, which found the percentage of organizations that
experienced between 6 to 25 attacks per year has increased from 14% in 2015 to
57% in 2017.

Other findings from the report include :

Network Layer Still the Primary Target

Even as DDoS attacks are increasingly impacting other areas of the stack such as
the application layer, attacks at the network layer are still the most
prevalent, with 29% of respondents encountering attacks at the network level.

Downtime is Down

However, DDoS solutions are rising to the challenge, with improved attack
mitigation and remediation solutions shrinking the amount of downtime. As DDoS
attacks take place, the downtime for organizations has shifted from increments
of days to hours. The survey found that in 2017, only 15% of attacks resulted in
greater than 25 hours of downtime, compared to 29% in 2015.

DDoS Prevention Budgets Increasing

A significant proportion of organizations are looking to increase their budget
allocations for preventative DDoS solutions. 74% of respondents say their DDoS
budgets are increasing, compared to 54% two years ago. The amount of overall
budgets has also risen, from 22% to 29%.

Breadth of IT Professionals Expanding to Address DDoS Prevention

While IT security teams still top the list in terms of primary responsibility
for preventing DDoS attacks, other roles have increased in importance since
2015. A more experienced and wider array of IT professionals are becoming
involved in DDoS prevention efforts, such as network administrators, security
architects and network architects have increased in importance, indicating an
increase in skills and experience across disciplines.

Mohammed Al-Moneer, Regional Director, MENA at A10 Networks says, “Increasingly
sophisticated DDoS attacks have become an inevitable part of the cybersecurity
landscape, threatening the availability of enterprise websites. As the landscape
continues to change and grow, new attack vectors will emerge and DDoS attacks
will continue to grow in size and complexity. This will call into question the
tools already in place, along with the criteria, strategies, and expertise to
deploy them. Any DDoS strategy should therefore be subjected to frequent,
rigorous review, against both changing business priorities and the evolving
nature of potential threats. As skills increase against an evolving threat
landscape, organizations in the Middle East can discern where they should spend
both their time and their budgets when setting DDoS strategy and deploying the
solutions that result.”

IDG Connect conducted this survey on behalf of A10 Networks to study and
understand the digital security landscape. Special attention was paid to the
distributed denial of service (DDoS) threats organizations face across
industries.

Read more about the report on the A10 Networks blog, “Combating the Siege of
Multi-Vector DDoS Attacks.” The full report can be found
here
.


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