Security Guide: Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)

 Disclaimer: This short guide offers general advice. For real-time help mitigating a DDoS attack, click the big red button or call us immediately.

A DDoS flood overwhelms your network or server with excessive traffic, causing downtime. Fast mitigation is key to restoring services and protecting user experience.


Immediate Steps:

  • Engage a DDoS Protection Service: If available, activate your CDN or specialized DDoS protection plan (e.g., Cloudflare, Akamai).

  • Isolate Critical Services: Temporarily limit incoming requests to essential IP ranges or use geo-blocking.

  • Monitor Traffic Patterns: Identify source IPs or suspicious traffic signatures.

  • Notify Your ISP/Hosting: They might provide upstream filtering or null-routing of malicious traffic.

  • Scale Resources: If possible, temporarily increase bandwidth or server capacity.

  • Check for Diversion: Attackers may use DDoS as a smokescreen for a more targeted intrusion attempt.

 Responding swiftly by activating professional DDoS defenses and throttling malicious requests helps keep your essential services online. Monitoring for side attacks is also crucial.

Under DDoS attack? Click the big red button for help or call us now to speak with a specialist

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