Tag: Network

Network-Layer DDoS Attack Trends for Q4’20

Research Desk

DDoS attack trends in the final quarter of 2020 defied norms in many ways. For the first time in 2020, Cloudflare observed an increase in the number of large DDoS attacks. Specifically, the number of large attacks over 500Mbps and 50K pps saw a massive uptick. In addition, attack vectors continued to evolve, with protocol-based attacks seeing a 3-10x increase compared to the prior quarter. Attackers were also more persistent than ever — nearly 9% of all attacks observed between October and December lasted more than 24 hours.

Magic Transit protects networks while also improving performance

Research Desk

Cloudflare’s Magic Transit solution offers distributed denial of service (DDoS) protection and traffic acceleration for on-premises, cloud, and hybrid networks. Designed to address the unnecessary latency that comes with scrubbing solutions, Magic Transit secures networks without compromising performance. To help quantify Magic Transit’s performance gains, Cloudflare recently ran some Catchpoint tests over their network.

5 Best practices for DDoS Mitigation

Research Desk

Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks remain one of the most effective methods used by cybercriminals to cause significant financial, operational, and reputational damage to businesses worldwide. Though these attacks take different forms, the goal is always to incapacitate targeted servers, services, or networks by flooding them with traffic from compromised devices or networks.

As organizations have hardened their defences, cybercriminals have responded with newer attack types targeting multiple applications and services. Download this guide to learn how to defend against rapidly evolving Distributed Denial-of-Service threats and address vulnerabilities at every layer.

The death of network hardware appliances — and what it means for your cloud migration

Research Desk

Organizations have traditionally used hardware appliances to make up for the core limitations and vulnerabilities of the Internet—security, performance, and reliability. These appliances have always been expensive and hard to manage. But when they are used in hybrid cloud infrastructure, they also create serious security gaps and capacity limitations.

This paper outlines those challenges, quantifies their consequences, and proposes cloud-based solutions for improving the speed, affordability, and security of hybrid cloud infrastructure.

How to build your own CDN with Varnish DIY CDN

Research Desk

Building your own Hybrid or Private CDN doesn’t have to be out of reach.

These days, a DIY CDN offers you more control over your costs and lets you decide how and when to deliver content.

High-performance content delivery is key to your business and to your customers’ user experience. Learn how you can take content delivery into your own hands with the Varnish DIY CDN solution — why you should want to. Download now to learn:

  • The evolution of the content delivery network
  • The changing content delivery landscape
  • How to decide if you should build your own CDN
  • What you need to start building your own hybrid or private CDN