Cloud in the crosshairs

WHEN THE WORLDWIDE INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY REPORT (WISR) WAS LAUNCHED 14 YEARS AGO, 10 GBPS ATTACKS MADE HEADLINES AND TOOK NETWORKS DOWN. TODAY, ATTACKS FORTY TIMES THAT SIZE ARE ROUTINELY MITIGATED WITH LITTLE TO NO DISRUPTION TO ONLINE SERVICES.

Indeed, that is good news. But think about that for a minute: 400 Gbps attacks are now a matter of routine. The size of DDoS attacks is growing at an alarming pace all around the world, with significant implications for networks operators of all sizes, from global service providers to emerging enterprises.

This year, the survey is further enhanced by regional breakdowns of the enterprise respondents. Attack types, targets, techniques, motivations, impacts, and costs are all broken out for US and Canada, Brazil, UK, Germany, France, and Japan. These regional insights from survey respondents are enriched, and frequently validated, by global attack data from NETSCOUT’s ATLAS® infrastructure, which delivers visibility into one-third of all internet traffic.