DNS Bytes: Tip - Identify DDoS Attacks and Stop Them Before They Happen

By the time most domains realize they are under attack, it’s too late and the damage has been done—their website or application is down for the count. When this happens, feet are to the fire and your organization is scrambling to fix the issue and get its server or network back online.

But why wait for angry customers to alert you to the problem?

Prevent Widespread DDoS Attacks

The truth is you can stop threats like DDoS attacks before they cause widespread damage to your domain. All you need is the proper monitoring tool. That’s where our Real-time Traffic Anomaly Detection (RTTD) solution comes in. 

Did you know?: The average cost of one hour of downtime is $300,000. Megacorporations such as Apple or Amazon could lose nearly $1 million a minute!

With RTTAD, you are instantly notified of any suspicious activity or spikes in queries in real time. This works through our proprietary monitoring system that uses machine-learning AI to analyze and predict your unique web traffic. The longer RTTAD is enabled, the more accurate it becomes. Any abnormal traffic is immediately reported to a specified contact list so that you can make proactive decisions. With this information, IT teams are able to determine if the activity is legitimate or a threat and take action accordingly, thus preventing costly outages. 

Along with identifying and preventing attacks, Real-time Traffic Anomaly Detection can also help you to:

• Mitigate spam attacks
• Identify poor-performing servers
• Spot internal misconfigurations
  

All of which can be costly for your organization. 

To keep your network or server(s) running at peak conditions and to protect your domain from attacks, an advanced monitoring tool is crucial.