How Cloud Anti-DDoS Protects You from DDoS Attacks

Hackers and cybercriminals have access to better technologies. As a result, DDoS attacks occur more frequently and at much larger scales. Knowing how to combat such attacks is vital to the survival of not only your server but your business as a whole. One of the best ways to protect such attacks is through Cloud DDoS Protection, also known as Cloud Anti-DDoS.

With that said, here is more about DDoS attacks and how Cloud Anti-DDoS protects you:

What is a DDoS attack?

DDoS is short for Distributed Denial of Service. Attacks consist of overwhelming a server or network with data, eating up its resources to slow down or even halt the system’s operations. Users can experience completely unresponsive web pages, which can lead to angry visitors.

Many of these attacks can be carried out by bots nestled in laptops, phones, smart fridges, and even security cams. These bots hide quietly without getting caught, and when the time comes, unleash an attack on a server as a group. You might not even realize that your device is participating in the attack.

How does Cloud DDoS Protection protect me?

There are many ways to combat a DDoS attack, although some just delay the problem rather than fix it. For example, increasing the bandwidth on a server is one way to combat a DDoS attack. Having a bandwidth much larger than what an attack can use will ensure that users still have the bandwidth to access the server without problems. Of course, once that attack gets large enough, everything might slow down.

For a much more permanent solution, you should consider Cloud DDoS Protection. It utilizes a network of scrubbing centers. These centers can scan and clean traffic before it reaches a server, meaning that the only connections the server receives are from legitimate sources. Attacks will not reach the primary server, stopped at these scrubbing centers. 

However, there is one slight downside to this tactic. Having too many facilities scrubbing traffic might actually slow down the connection as well, much like having too many filters in an HVAC system, and as such, working with only a few scrubbing centers near the actual server will ensure that DDoS attacks are scrubbed out of the traffic without bogging down the system. 

Conclusion

Cloud DDoS Protection is an effective way to combat DDoS attacks, and so are many other techniques, such as increasing a server’s bandwidth and more. Pairing these tactics together will ensure that your server will be as safe as possible from DDoS attacks. While the risk will always be there, you will be ready to address them should they happen. Setting up an action plan will help you fight back the biggest of DDoS attacks. 

If worse comes to worst, you would be ready to tackle them right away. If you need to, reach out to professionals for the job or work with providers of reliable hosting solutions. It will lift the burden off your shoulders if an expert is keeping your server safe.

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