These quotes from the Verizon 2013 Data Breach Investigations Report (PDF) speak to the point that organizations are befuddled with the number of technologies, features, and processes available to help defend their networks. " In other words, understand your adversary - know their motives and methods, and prepare your defenses accordingly and always keep your guard up." " We have the tools today to combat cybercrime, but it's really all about selecting the right ones and using them in the right way." " The bottom line is that unfortunately, no organization is immune to a data breach in this day and age."
The preceding quotes from John Stewart, Cisco Senior Vice President and Chief Security Officer are eye opening considering that the miscreants are using the network infrastructure to financially impact organizations and diminish the purpose of this infrastructure. Clearly, we need new thinking and approaches to reducing the damage that cybercrime inflicts on the well-being of the world." We are approaching a tipping point where the economic losses generatedīy cybercrime are threatening to overwhelm the economic benefits created by information technology. " Cybercrime is no longer an annoyance or another cost of doing business. financial institutions-serve as a reminder that any cyber security threat has the potential to create significant disruption, and even irreparable damage, if an organization is not prepared for it." recent campaigns against a number of high-profile companies-including U.S. The following quotes and excerpts are from several high-profile individuals and organizations that are focused on defending networks from these types of attacks: The purpose of this white paper is to provide a number of tools, some or all of which may apply to a customer's environment, that can be part of an overall toolkit to help identify and mitigate potential DDoS attacks on customer networks. Tightening Connection Limits and Timeoutsĭenial of service (DoS) and distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been quite the topic of discussion over the past year since the widely publicized and very effective DDoS attacks on the financial services industry that came to light in September and October 2012 and resurfaced in March 2013. Geographic Dispersion (Global Resources Anycast) Modern Tendencies in Defending Against DDoS Attacks Intrusion Prevention/Detection System Alarms Low Orbit Ion Cannon and High Orbit Ion Canon Introduction: The Case for Securing Availability and the DDoS ThreatĬategorization of DDoS Attacks and Problems Causedĭetailed Examples of DDoS Attacks and Tools
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