How Online Businesses can Deal with DDoS Attacks

Posted by hyperfilter on July 6th, 2016

Do you own an online business? Then you must be aware of how important it is for your website to function smoothly at all time. Whether you have a local store or not,the internet is the only source that helps you reach a wider group of audience and keep you business active at all times. Your website is open for business 24*7. However, just like there are various benefits of doing business online, there is also increased risk in online business. Even though you might have necessary security, such as firewalls to combat the attempts of hacking, you not have proper protection from DDoS attacks either due to lack of knowledge about these attacks or maybe you feel it is not necessary for your business.

Before you plan to get DDoS protection, be sure your business really needs it, as the protection options can be expensive. However, you must be aware that a protracted DDoS could be expensive for your business as well. While it might not be essential to host on a server that has automatic DDoS mitigation, however, it is essential that you have at least a contingency plan in the event of attack.

Draft a Plan: When you already have a plan in place, in event of any DDoS attack, it will take just a few minutes to get back online. Your customers might not even notice the disruption in the event of an attack. However, if you don’t have a plan in place and you try to come up with a solution, then it might cost you thousands of dollars.

The best kind of DDoS protection is one that does not require any downloads, installation or maintenance. If the server on which you host the website of your company doesn’t have a contingency plan for DDoS attack, then it is recommended that you have another colocation on standby. Therefore, in case you realize that a DDoS attack has happened, all you will need to do is transfer your website to another server and return back to functioning within few minutes.

Even though the interruption in service will be really short, it is essential that you have a resource that can connect with the concerned customers on social media platforms. Keeping the customers updated and handling service issues is very essential if you want to retain customers, who have been affected by the DDoS attack. Another thing you can do is, host your email on a different website. Thus, in case your website goes down, your customers would be able to contact you through email.

So to sum it up

-          Figure out the vulnerability of your website

-          Understand that DDoS attacks can be launched easily by hackers and combating them could be difficult.

-          Instead of just hoping that the attacks do not happen, make a plan and be prepared to deal with the attack in case it ever occurs.

-          Keep checking your network

-          Educate yourself and be aware about the several types of attacks and from where they might come. 

-          Understand what is at risk in case you do not have a plan in place.

So don’t just hope that the attack never happens, be prepared to handle it by implementing your DDoS protection plan instead.

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