- Jun 9, 2013
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The vast majority of enterprise end users (85%) want their ISPs to offer more comprehensive DDoS protection-as-a-service, according to Corero Network Security.
The research, which polled over 100 ISPs and 75 enterprise customers about their DDoS mitigation strategies, revealed that an alarming proportion of ISPs are still relying on outdated technologies to protect their customers. For example, forty-six per cent divert DDoS traffic through a scrubbing centre – an expensive and notoriously slow technique which typically takes around an hour from detection to mitigation. In addition, almost half of those surveyed (49%) ‘blackhole’ a victim’s traffic when they suffer a DDoS attack – which essentially does a hacker’s job for them, by denying service to a particular website.
In addition, nearly a fifth of the ISPs and hosting providers surveyed (9%) have such poor visibility over their customers’ networks that they only realize a DDoS attack is taking place when their customers complain.
Full Article. ISPs are putting their enterprise customers at risk of DDoS attacks - Help Net Security
The research, which polled over 100 ISPs and 75 enterprise customers about their DDoS mitigation strategies, revealed that an alarming proportion of ISPs are still relying on outdated technologies to protect their customers. For example, forty-six per cent divert DDoS traffic through a scrubbing centre – an expensive and notoriously slow technique which typically takes around an hour from detection to mitigation. In addition, almost half of those surveyed (49%) ‘blackhole’ a victim’s traffic when they suffer a DDoS attack – which essentially does a hacker’s job for them, by denying service to a particular website.
In addition, nearly a fifth of the ISPs and hosting providers surveyed (9%) have such poor visibility over their customers’ networks that they only realize a DDoS attack is taking place when their customers complain.
Full Article. ISPs are putting their enterprise customers at risk of DDoS attacks - Help Net Security
