Disaster strikes! How could you handle a cyber attack
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DenialofServiceattackshavebeenhappeningfor10years,butthe
spreadof‘botnets’andsimpletoolsforcontrollingthemhavemade
massiveDDoSattacksmucheasiertoinitiateandmuchmorecommon.
DISASTERSTRIKESHOWCOULDYOUHANDLEACYBERATTACK?
Untilrecently,thereweretwostrandstoITsecurity;
keepingmalwareoffofyourLinuxsystems...
DISTRIBUTED
DENIALOFSERVICE
(DDOS)ATTACKS
ONWEB
SERVERS!
Bothareobviouslystillvitalandtherearewellestablished
methodologiesfordealingwiththem,butathirdthreat
hasbecomemoreprominent...
Monitoring
Youneedcontinuousmonitoringofactivityonyour
webserversthatcandetectunusualactivitybeforeit
becomesoverwhelming.
Procedures
Thereisn’ttimetothinkthroughyourresponse,you
needaprocedurethatwillkickinimmediately.Some
ofitcanbeautomated.
BusinessContinuity
Eventhebestmitigationwillbenoticeabletosomeusers.
Youmustrepair,reassure,reconnectandregaincustomer
confidence.Pretendingitdidn’thappenisn’tsmart.
People
Youneedpeoplewhohavebeentrainedinhowto
respondappropriatelyandwhohavetheauthorityto
maketherightdecisionsquickly.Noheadlesschickens!
Infrastructure
Youmightusededicatedhardwareandreportingsoftware
in-house,relycompletelyonpublicCloudsystems,or
employsomehybridofthetwo,butyourreal/virtual
infrastructureneedsmitigationbuilt-in.
...andpreventingunauthorised
accesstoyourdata.
DDoSattacksarrivesuddenly-iftheyarenotdealtwithinstantlyyourwebsite
willslowtoacrawlinsecondsandmaybecometotallyunavailable.Youneeda
strategyinplace,software,hardwareandpeoplewhoknowhowtohandlethe
situation,evenifithappensintheearlyhoursofthemorningonapublicholiday.
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