This could get expensive! There is hardly anything that companies underestimate as strongly as the risks and costs of DDoS attacks by cybercriminals. Protect yourself now!
Do you
have effective burglary protection on the company premises? It's a
must-have, isn't it? And what about your precautions against cyberattacks?
0.4 percent: This is how high experts estimate the probability that intruders will break into your company. The risk of becoming a victim of a cyber attack is currently 1: 4. Cyber gangsters get to work every 39 seconds. So by the time you finish reading this article, five new attacks on businesses have been launched somewhere in the world.
They cost billions a year, plus a lot of time and nerves: DDoS attacks that
flood server systems with a flood of inquiries and paralyze web services.
And they are
on the advance: According to a recent study, DDoS attacks increased by 18
percent in the 2nd quarter of 2019 (compared to the same period last year). Take
precautions now! With the DDoS Internet basic protection from Protegent, your business is optimally protected against complex attacks via the
Internet.
4 Million
Euros in Damage per Year
4 billion euros annually: This is how high the economic damage caused by DDoS attacks is estimated. It is child's play for attackers to overload their victims' web services with requests to such an extent that they collapse.
The consequences are fatal: the company's websites no longer work, customers
can no longer use online services. DDoS attacks are far more devastating
for companies today than they were a few years ago. One reason for this is
the advent of the Internet of Things.
Attack
via Unprotected IoT Devices
According to
an IHS study, there will be over 75 billion IoT devices by 2025. An
Eldorado for cybercriminals: Using inadequately protected IoT devices, they
can set up large botnets even more effectively and quickly in order to launch
their attacks. In addition, there is the increasing risk of server
capacities that hackers can rent with the help of stolen credit card data and
use for their criminal activities.
Recognizing
the Threat Becomes More and More Difficult
The DDoS
attacks themselves are getting smarter. Cybercriminals are increasingly
using complex attack techniques to bypass their victims' DDoS shields. The
attacks are often disguised as legitimate requests, which could also come from
harmless users. That makes it much more difficult to spot the threat in
time.
DDoS attacks
can be extremely destructive, but the good news is: With modern protection
solutions, companies can effectively avert the danger and thus effectively
prevent downtime, business losses, and loss of reputation.
DDoS
Prevention: You Can Do That
First analyze - ideally with the support of IT experts such as those from Protegent - what protection needs your company has. Those who generate their business through the website have more to lose than someone who only uses it as a source of information for customers. Does your field of business entail increased risks? Which and how many web services do you use? Which business processes are behind it, how critical are they?
Identify
possible weak points. A DDoS attack could only serve as a diversionary
maneuver: while your admins are busy stopping the flood of inquiries, attackers
might gain access to your IT infrastructure through other vulnerabilities in
order to gain access to sensitive data.
Invest in
your network infrastructure and create corresponding redundancies. Specialists
can best estimate exactly what you need. Serious advice is guaranteed at
Protegent.
Create an emergency plan that can be worked through step by step in the event of a DDoS
attack. This also includes crisis communication: secure channels that you
can use to inform your customers in an emergency (e.g. Twitter, Facebook).
Protegent Offers Reliable Protection
Better safe
than sorry: The potential economic damage from a DDoS attack is many times
greater than the investment ineffective defense. Protegent Total Security Protection protects your systems cost-effectively and
reliably against DDoS attacks
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