| | November 20166CIOReviewCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewNOVEMBER - 28 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.565.7624, F:510-894-8405 NOVEMBER - 28 - 2016, Vol 05 SE 107 - Published by ValleyMedia, Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com DDoS SPECIALCIOReviewEditorial StaffSalesAaron Pierce Alex D'Souza Joshua ParkerAkanksha MinzAva Garcia Sarah Fernandes Mary Elizabethmary@cioreview.comT: 510.402.1463VisualizersDave BrownManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeEditorialK. Manoj KumarDistributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are a real threat in today's web-reliant world. From the recent attack on Dyn, an internet performance management company, that caused website outages for many of its customers, including Twitter, Reddit, Spotify and, SoundCloud, to the 1Tbps DDoS attack--the largest ever--on France-based hosting company OVH, the frequency and intensity of these are growing day by day. With over 75 percent rise in DDoS activity year over year, coupled with the escalation in attack size, intensity, and complexity, it's time for enterprises to up their game against these perpetrators.Most of the firms that fall prey to DDoS attacks tend to be caught off-guard, as they do not expect the size of the attacks to increase at this startling pace. Weak protections on IoT devices and the broad availability of tools used to compromise the connected devices are major factors contributing to the magnitude of DDoS attacks. According to Arbor Networks, 80 percent of all attacks are still less than 1Gbps and 90 percent of the attacks last less than one hour. With the average attack size projected to be 1.15Gbps by the end of 2016, on-premise protection provides the rapid action needed to thwart the "low and slow" application layer attacks. High bandwidth attacks, on the other hand, can only be mitigated in the cloud, away from the intended target. This demonstrates a need for hybrid or multi-layer DDoS solution that blends hosted DDoS mitigation with on-premises solution to address volumetric and massive application-layer attacks.At the end of the day, a comprehensive security solution that includes both firewall and DDoS protection is the first step to securing an enterprise network. With numerous companies providing a holistic approach to DDoS protection, a few do stand out. CIOReview, with this special edition on DDoS, is featuring insights from industry thought-leaders and security solutions providers that are at the forefront of combating sophisticated DDoS attacks.We hope this edition will help you establish a superior defense against the threats faced by your enterprise networks. Let us know your thoughts.Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comMulti-Layer Protection Strategy
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