DDoS is an acronym of Distributed Denial of Service attack, a cyber attack used to target computer systems, data storage, and web applications. The purpose of this attack is to deny service or access to the intended user of the compromised system. A Trojan is used to infect the targeted system, which leaves the victims temporarily or indefinitely – depending on the severity of the attack – disconnected from the internet.

A DDoS attacker is hard to pin down, because they utilize multiple IPs for the attack and differentiating the harmless IP addresses from the malicious ones is almost impossible. This is the reason DDoS attacks are among the most damaging cyber attacks any we based business can suffer. Investing in services such as those provided by Cloud Guardian, which offer advanced protection for your web based systems from DDoS attacks among others, is therefore recommended.

Potential Damage of a DDoS Attack

Financial Loss: If your business relies completely on web traffic for its revenues, then being offline, even for a few minutes, could mean huge losses for you. The leads, revenues and employee productivity are the main financial losses. You can also add costs of cleanups and attack investigations in the loss column.

Reputation Damage: Consumers today spend many hours looking for brands they can trust, but if that brand is not able to provide their service efficiently, they will switch over to another in a matter of seconds. And you will have to work harder than ever to rebuild your reputation if your web services are interrupted even for a day.

Legal Action: Depending on the type of business you conduct, you could face legal action if a customer/user suffers losses because of your service’s unavailability. Users could argue that the interruption of your service led to their emotional, financial or physical suffering and you could be found liable for those losses.

To make sure that you never have to deal with such an attack, you should invest in a DDoS protection service such as Cloud Guardian. They offer many different type of management and security solutions for your web based services and applications.

Company Introduction

Cloud Guardian is a unique and revolutionary cloud application compliance tool developed to provide security for cloud computing. Cloud Guardian is like a virtual watchdog at work for you, protecting your data round the clock. By employing unique computing security architecture, Cloud guardian eliminates any loopholes that exist in a cloud. It ensures that when businesses transition to cloud computing, they are prepared to fight all the security challenges that cloud adoption presents them with.

For more information, please visit http://cloudguardian.com.au/