In response to last night’s news Popular Lawfare Blog Hit by DDoS Attack — Here’s What We Know, a Corero Network Security expert offers perspective. Lawfareblog.com is focused on national security issues, is published by the Lawfare Institute in cooperation with the Brookings Institution, and attracts approximately half a million unique readers each month.
Sean Newman, Director Product Management at Corero Network Security:
It may well be acceptable for the owners of the Lawfare blog, or other similar sites, to use DDoS protection which has to be engaged after the fact, and results in an extended period of downtime. However, if most or all of your business revenue is generated online, every minute you’re down will usually hit the bottom line directly, which certainly won’t be tolerated by company owners or shareholders. And, neither should it be, as the latest DDoS protection solutions can operate in real-time, automatically blocking DDoS attacks before they have a chance to make any impact, and keeping vital services and applications online, without skipping a beat.”
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