Jakarta - Kaspersky Lab and B2B International report, 1 of 4 provider of IT services, telecommunications, and finance suffered an attack Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) during the last 12 months.
However, only 47% of the financial sector who recognize that they are a prime target for attack. While IT and telecommunications companies think that they are not in a position more dangerous than other sectors. This course will make them unaware of IT security loopholes.
The study shows that, overall, a third of companies (36%) believe that they are likely to be targets of DDoS attacks, slightly higher in the IT sector (40%) and telecommunications (38%).
One in six (16%) companies surveyed have even been assaulted, but this figure rises to one in four for the company in the IT sector (21%), financial services (22%), and telecommunications sector (24%).
DDoS attack is one of the main weapons in the armory of the cyber criminals (hacker) used for extortion, disrupt or damage the reputation of the operating system, as well as to divert attention from other cyber attacks are done at the same time.
Nearly 75% of business sector said that the DDoS attacks on the company they occur in conjunction with other security issues. On the other hand, the study also shows that there are still many companies lack the awareness of DDoS and do not understand how to stop or at least minimize their impact.
Only 52% of companies feel they have enough information about DDoS attacks and only 53% know how to prevent or mitigate such attacks, a higher 61% for financial services and telecommunications.
"As the unfolding of recent DDoS attacks on the company's telecommunications and banking, it is clear that businesses in this area into a major target for DDoS attackers. In some cases, DDoS attacks become a diversion for criminal or cyber theft for ransom resulted in large numbers, "said Evgeny Vigovsky, Head DDoS Protection Kaspersky, Kaspersky Lab through its official statement on Tuesday (08/12/2015).
"That is why for the sectors considered vulnerable need to be more cautious in terms of security and be prepared to deal with DDoS attacks. Of course, they need to build an understanding of these threats and choose the system of protection best to solve it. Period - a time when a DDoS attack is a considerable operational frustrating because the resulting downtime is long over, "he continued.
In the face of DDoS attacks, Kaspersky DDoS Protection allows companies to transfer, on a temporary basis, traffic through the alternative pathway, running through the filter cleaning system junk files, and forward legitimate traffic as it should be.
This means, users can take advantage of the service or the site safely and reliably even when a strong attack and a long ongoing.
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