Historically, smaller organizations or those outside highly targeted industries for distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks have thought of DDoS protection more akin to an insurance policy than proactive cyber defense, i.e. we’ll put some reactive processes in place “in case we get hit,” but not much more. However, cybercriminals are now targeting organizations of all sizes and expanding from the typical high-target industries of gaming, telecommunications, entertainment, retail, and financial services, to healthcare, education, logistics, critical infrastructure, public sector, social media tech and more.
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Globally, we’ve crossed the “digital tipping point,” as organizations and business have transformed to majority or fully delivered digital services, products, and support. This dependency on digital infrastructure, the network, makes DDoS attacks one of the most effective ways for cybercriminals to cause disruption or bring a business or organization to a complete halt.
And there’s more: DDoS attacks are also growing in frequency, sophistication, and scale, with the added dimension of political or ideological motivation in recent years. Vendors are posting big attack stats such as hyper volumetric attacks that exceed 1-2 TB per second or attacks that make six million requests per second (RPS) in just over two hours. Cybercriminals are also more frequently using complex, multi-vector cyberattacks to put extreme pressure on their victims, including the use of DDoS as a primary attack vector. For example, DDoS attacks are frequently combined with ransomware attacks and data exfiltration, hitting victims with “triple extortion.” This approach adds an extra layer of disruption, increases the impact on the organization, and raises the likelihood of regulatory fines, legal consequences, and reputational damage. The objective: do the most harm or make the victim pay up.
With the potential risk of negative business impact so high, organizations with perceived low risk, without any DDoS mitigation in place, are now considering or purchasing some form of DDoS protection, and organizations with basic protection are upgrading their mitigation, according to Gartner’s latest Market Guide for DDoS Mitigation. Security leaders are also considering how to move from a reactive to a more proactive security approach that includes DDoS readiness, 24x7 monitoring, preemptive mitigation, and a continuous feedback loop to improve protection. However, this move can be intimidating, as resources and technical expertise are hard to come by, making it difficult to support around-the-clock monitoring and mitigation. In addition, vendor-delivered DDoS protections have traditionally been one size fits all or priced so high they are out of reach for smaller or less capitalized organizations.
We’re Changing Our Approach, So You Can Change Yours
LevelBlue has been delivering managed DDoS services for more than two decades. Our expertise comes from our heritage as AT&T Cybersecurity, where we built our operations, processes, technology, and teams that support the LevelBlue service today. In fact, we are one of the largest managed service providers for DDoS protection in the world. As such, we’ve heard from a diverse group of customers who told us they are looking for a different approach to DDoS protection, one that has more flexibility. Using this feedback, we designed a new, tiered service for DDoS: LevelBlue Managed DDoS Defense Essentials, Advanced, and Premium.
These services tiers aim to give customers the greatest flexibility in pricing and service delivery, so we can better align to their unique needs and budget. They are also designed to allow customers to increase or decrease service coverage as their business grows and requirements change. From foundational, proactive DDoS protection in the Essentials tier for organizations with moderate risk, to highly customized protection in the Premium tier for organizations in high-target or highly regulated industries, each service tier delivers:
- DDoS expertise to design, architect, and manage a solution that best fits an organization’s unique needs, with a proven history of mitigating DDoS attacks since 2003
- A global DDoS Defense Operations Team that monitors 24x7, can automatically mitigate attacks before impact, and provides post-attack feedback to improve defenses
- Best-in-class technology, the same infrastructure AT&T uses to protect its network, with proactive mitigation for sophisticated and multi-wave DDoS attacks
- Support for compliance requirements related to service uptime and data accessibility, which can be augmented by LevelBlue Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) for continuous compliance assessment and audit support
- Proactive engagement and guidance to improve DDoS protection and network performance
The reality for organizations today is their business depends on mission-critical network infrastructure and applications that deliver goods, services, and support around the clock. The implications of those being taken down by a DDoS attack goes beyond a halt in operations to customer and even legal consequences. DDoS protection, therefore, can no longer be considered an insurance policy. Proactive, continuous monitoring, mitigation, and improvements for protection against DDoS attacks are as important to an organization today as identifying and mitigating exposures and threats, controlling access to the network, managing identities, and protecting data.
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