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Still, the idea is a good one to use market pressures to influence Internet Service Providers,
rather than adding more layers of industry regulation to halt the spread of phony IP addresses
and botnet attacks. Ideally, there is a collaborative effect based on shared interests.

Defend Yourself Locally, Contract with the Global in Mind

As I mentioned before, there is no magic pill for DDoS attacks. IT organizations need to invest in
a layered and agile approach to defending themselves.

They should combine perimeter-based detection systems that operate on a network-wide basis
and offer flexibility to adjust alerts to changing conditions.

Network organizations should also have deep network traffic analytics that allows for
unconstrained data exploration so that network and security experts can identify new attacks,
prune false positive and negative alerts, and continuously innovate new and better detection
schemes and mitigation tactics.

However, companies and government agencies have another tool at their disposal. They can
use their contracts for Internet services as a lever for a safer Internet, by requiring BCP38
compliance as a part of all requests for proposals.

In this way, business leaders and public officials can do their part to prevent the Internet of
Attacks and reduce future harm as the industry rolls out the next generation of Internet
infrastructure.

About the Author

Kentik Co-Founder and CEO Avi Freedman has decades of
experience as a leading technologist and networking executive. Prior
to co-founding Kentik in 2014, he served in several roles for Akamai,
including Chief Network Scientist and Vice President of Network
Infrastructure.

In 1992, Freedman launched Netaxs, the first ISP for Philadelphia,
before going on to serve as the Network Director for AboveNet and
the CTO for ServerCentral.

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