high performance security: mitigating ddos attacks without losing your edge

MITIGATING DDOS ATTACKS

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HIGH PERFORMANCE SECURITY:MITIGATING DDOS ATTACKS

WITHOUT LOSING YOUR EDGE

John Cully, U.S. Marketing

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WHAT WE’LL COVER TODAY

• Some history/context

• Current observations & scary numbers

• Visible & invisible costs

• Protection strategies

• 2016 threat outlook

• Q&A


NICE TO MEET YOU

• John CullyExceda U.S. Director of Marketing

• Alex SoaresDirector, Exceda Security Products


WHO IS EXCEDA?

“Exceda provides a managed portfolio of best-in-class web acceleration, security

and monitoring solutions to customers and resellers throughout the Americas.”

• 15 year track record• 3rd largest Akamai Technologies channel partner • Extensive experience in professional

services/custom configurations


DDOS ATTACKS: A BRIEF HISTORY

• A Perfect Storm• Players• Objectives• Targets• Cost of entry


TWO DAYS AGO…


SOME NUMBERS

Q3 2015 vs. Q3 2014:• 1,510 DDoS attacks on Akamai customers• 179.66% increase in total DDoS attacks• 25.74% increase in application layer (Layer 7) DDoS attacks • 198.1% increase in infrastructure layer (Layer 3 & 4) DDoS attacks • 15.65% decrease in average attack duration: 18.86 vs. 22.36 hours • 52.94% decrease in attacks > 100 Gbps: 8 vs. 17• 65.58% decrease in average peak attack bandwidth • 88.72% decrease in average peak attack volume • 462.44% increase in reflection attacks

Source: Akamai Q3 2015 SOTI Security Report


KEY TAKEAWAYS

• More small attacks• More diverse actors• More tools• More incentive• More victims


WHAT’S THE DAMAGE?

• $ per minute/hour• Reputation• Fines• Remediation• Resource fatigue• “Smash & grab”


THINGS TO CONSIDER

• Timing• CDN• Closet or Cloud?• The $64,000 question


CHALLENGES & STRATEGIES

• Application layer DDoS attack• WAF / request rate control - Provides defense for web applications by

limiting the amount of requests it can receive before disrupting service;• Added bonus of protecting against malicious requests against the web

application with intent to steal data, deface websites, etc. (e.g. OWASP)

• Network layer DDoS attack• Always on and on-demand full network routing protects

all infrastructure against attacks on the network layers (L3 - transport, L4 - control);

• Solutions• On-premises appliances• Cloud Application and Network DDoS defense• Hybrid approach that combines both solutions


On-Premises DDoS Protection

On-premisesDDoS defense

Risk of resource exhaustion due to attackslarger than the equipment capacity, leading to service disruption

- Capable of protecting against all types of attacks- Good first step approach- More granular control- Only the tip of the iceberg


Exceda’s globally distributedWeb Application Firewall

Cloud Web DDoS Protection

- Near-infinite resources to combat DDoS attacks- On-demand option available- Only protects the web applications and not the entirety of the infrastructure


Cloud Network DDoS Protection

Exceda globally distributed

Scrubbing Centers

- Protects all of the infrastructure but without granularity towards the applications

- Possible added latency


Hybrid Approach

Network DDoS Defense

Web ApplicationDDoS Defense

On-Prem DDoSDefense

A hybrid approach will largely eliminate the shortcomings of each individual solution and provide a comprehensive multi-perimeter approach to defending your business


THE ROAD AHEAD: 2016

• DDoSaaS lowers barrier to entry

• IoT risks increase

• Ransom/blackmail

• Increased scale—not duration

• Trickle down to SMB and beyond


FINAL THOUGHTS

• Planning: “How’s now? Is now good for you?

• On-Prem vs Cloud vs Hybrid

• Right Tools, Right Configuration

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Q&AJohn Cully | Director of Marketing, Exceda | [email protected] Schroepfer | CSO, HOSTING | [email protected] Soares | Director of Security Products, Exceda [email protected]

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