In recognition of the need to protect its customers’ digital assets against increasingly more frequent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks, du has expanded its portfolio of managed business solutions by launching DDoS Protect.

“DDoS attacks today are even larger in scale than ever before, and leave targeted companies crippled with the lack of business continuity and subsequent effects on profits,” said Farid Faraidooni, Chief Commercial Officer, du. “We offer a comprehensive, sophisticated protection system including a complete package of security measures, that is convenient and cost-effective. Our business customers can experience peace of mind knowing that their brand integrity and profits will not be affected by DDoS threats. DDoS Protect from du offers round the clock protection, supported by team of technical experts and service level agreements.”

“Traditional security is not effective against DDoS attacks, as they target the very services that firewalls have to allow through. DDoS Protect detects and stops threats in our ISP network or cloud, neutralizing it before it can reach digital assets,” he added.

There are two primary types of DDoS attack: Volumetric, and Application-layer.

Volumetric DDoS attacks are generated by internet bots or via compromised personal computers that are grouped together in large-scale botnets. They are generally high-bandwidth, causing upstream congestion in the provider’s network, and cannot be stopped at the enterprise or data-centre edge.

Application-layer DDoS attacks threaten the business viability of customers, targeting specific services such as web commerce, DNS services, email, online banking and more.

du provides protection to its customers through a layered network, which can combat both volumetric and application-layer DDoS attacks. It has the capability to safeguard against both types, using a network-based service component.

The scalability of du’s DDoS Protect services can detect and handle threats of any size, using multiple methods of detection and mitigation.

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