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This increased activity has lead Deloitte Global to predict that attacks reaching or exceeding 1
Tbps or more will be commonplace in 2017.

Deloitte posits that there will be an average of one 1 Tbps attack or larger per month this year,
as the total number of DDoS attacks surpasses 10 million globally.

Need more proof? This DDoS of Things infographic has numbers that are as startling as they
are informative.

For example, there are roughly 3,700 DDoS attacks per day, and the cost to an organization
can range anywhere from $14,000 to $2.35 million per incident.

And once a business is attacked, there’s an 82 percent change they’ll be attacked again.

Is your business prepared to battle the influx of IoT-driven DDoS attacks?

Don’t Let the DDoS of Things Take You Down

DDoS attacks are damaging. Along with service disruption, they have a lasting impact that
harms your brand, your revenue and your user experience.

You need to fight back and implement a comprehensive DDoS protection solution to defend
your applications, services and brand.

A solution that can detect and mitigate multi-vector DDoS attacks at the network edge,
functioning as a first line of defense for your network infrastructure.

About the Author

A10 Networks Director of Cyber Operations Dr. Chase Cunningham
(CPO USN Ret.) is an industry authority on advanced threat
intelligence and cyberattack tactics.

He is regularly cited as a go-to cyber security expert and contributes to
industry white papers, publications and speaking panels.

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