This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.

Experiencing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack is like having your home flood. Without warning, attackers can upend your enterprise. Every moment counts, but unfortunately by the time some DDoS solutions identify and report the attack, the damage is already done. You need a faster, more immediate means of threat detection to prevent severe damage. 

When a DDoS attack hits your network, a long time can pass before the security/network staff fully realizes it is actually a DDoS attack that is affecting the services, and not a failing server or application. Even more time may pass before the actual mitigation of the threat starts to take effect.

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