Managed DDoS Protection with SDN
Why Your Business Needs Managed DDoS Protection Services
SDN's Managed DDoS Protection Service monitors all incoming internet traffic on your network. SDN’s system filters and mitigates malicious traffic before it reaches your network. DDoS attacks can disrupt critical business services such as the internet, email and websites, causing your customers, vendors and employees frustration, lost time and potential lost revenue.
What is a DDoS attack? How does a DDoS attack work?
Compromised devices participate in an attack, many times unknowingly. They then use botnets (networks of compromised devices) to send large volumes of traffic that overwhelm your network’s digital resources such as computers and servers. When your assets are overwhelmed, the attack cuts off legitimate users and denies them access to your business and its services, which means lost revenue for you and your clients.
Industries That Need DDoS Protection the Most
DDoS attacks are most dangerous for industries that require consistent UPTIME and secure systems to operate. When connectivity is central to your business, DDoS attacks can shut your operations down quickly and with serious repercussions.
Industries with the most need for managed DDoS services include:
Healthcare organizations protecting patient systems and UPTIME
Financial institutions securing transactions and online banking access
Government agencies maintaining public services and systems
Manufacturing operations relying on connected systems and UPTIME
Education networks supporting students, staff and digital learning tools
Telecom and IT providers maintaining network reliability
Types of DDoS Attacks Your Business May Face
Different DDoS attacks target specific weak points in security and infrastructure. Managed DDoS protection services help your business defend against each one with fast responses to bot attacks, server requests and real-time traffic filtering.
There are four main types of DDoS attacks:
Volumetric attacks flood your website with massive amounts of traffic, making it unavailable to legitimate traffic.
Protocol attacks exploit weaknesses in network communication protocols, taking down the infrastructure instead of just flooding bandwidth.
Application layer attacks target specific web applications and sites directly, mimicking legitimate traffic to overload specific functions.
Botnet-driven attacks use networks of compromised devices (infected computers, phones or IoT devices), making them difficult to block by a single IP or location.
DDoS attacks continue to increase in severity. How can you stay protected?
SDN offers protection against DDoS attacks as an additional service to our business internet subscribers. Managed DDoS Protection identifies the malicious traffic and has the ability to stop the disruption through mitigation or deploying countermeasures on your internet service. Customers can receive alerts, 24x7 support and scheduled reports.
Managed DDoS Protection is a helpful complement to our business internet services, managed firewall services and managed network services. If you depend on the internet to run your business, then you want to make sure your web applications and other services have automatic detection that Managed DDoS Services can provide.
How does SDN’s DDoS protection protect your business?
SDN offers auto mitigation where an attack is stopped automatically with no network technician intervention. The “bad” traffic is rerouted away from the intended destination while legitimate computer requests go through.
Since legitimate traffic is allowed through while the “bad” traffic is rerouted and discarded, the customer doesn’t know an attack is occurring and can continue with their Internet use unaffected.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is DDoS protection and how does it work?
DDoS protection monitors your network traffic in real time, identifies abnormal patterns that indicate an attack and filters out malicious traffic before it reaches your infrastructure, keeping your connection available to legitimate users while the attack is underway.
How serious is a DDoS attack?
DDoS attacks are serious enough to take your business offline entirely. Depending on the size and type of attack, a DDoS event can knock out your website, disable VoIP systems, disrupt cloud access and cut off customers from reaching you, sometimes for hours.
How long do DDoS attacks usually last?
Most attacks last anywhere from a few minutes to several hours, but sophisticated or targeted attacks can persist for days. Without active mitigation in place, the damage to your operations (and your customers' experience) compounds quickly.
How do DDoS attacks impact business operations?
A successful attack can take your website offline, disrupt phone systems, slow or block access to cloud platforms and prevent customers from reaching you. This canresult in lost revenue, damaged reputation and recovery costs that far exceed the price of protection.
How can I tell if my business is under a DDoS attack?
Common signs include a sudden and unexplained drop in network performance, websites or applications becoming unavailable, unusually high traffic volume from unfamiliar sources and VoIP or cloud services becoming unresponsive.
What types of DDoS attacks are most common today?
Volumetric attacks, protocol attacks and application layer attacks are the most frequently observed, often delivered through botnets that coordinate thousands of compromised devices simultaneously. Attackers often combine multiple types in a single event to overwhelm defenses that are only built to handle one at a time.
