Businesses fight online attackers

DUBAI / Emirates Business

A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN), a leader in application networking and security, today announces a new report with IDG Connect, “DDoS: A Clear and Ever Present Danger.” The report, which surveyed 120 IT decision makers at large organizations, finds businesses locked in combat with a growing army of online attackers. It finds that the average company suffers 15 DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks per year, with average attacks causing 17 hours of effective downtime, including slowdowns, denied customer access or crashes.
As DDoS attacks become more popular, they are also growing harder to defend. While the average peak bandwidth of attacks was a staggering 30-40 gigabits per second (Gbps), 59 percent of organizations have experienced an attack over 40 Gbps. A majority of respondents (77%) also expect sophisticated multi-vector attacks to pose the most dangerous type of DDoS attack in the future.
Businesses are fighting back. More than half of the surveyed organizations said they planned to increase their DDoS prevention budgets in the next six months. IT security teams are the most likely to lead DDoS prevention efforts (36 percent), followed closely by the chief security officers (26 percent) and the CIO (26 percent).
“DDoS attacks are called ‘sudden death’ for good reason,” said Raj Jalan, CTO of A10 Networks. “If left unaddressed, the costs will include lost business, time-to-service restoration and a decline in customer satisfaction.
“The good news is our findings show that security teams are making DDoS prevention a top priority. With a better threat prevention system, they can turn an urgent business threat into an FYI-level notification.”