60%37% 20

18

20

17

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5 Keyfindings

Today, attacks ten

times that size are

routinely mitigated

with little to no

disruption to

online services.

As political

instability increases

around the world,

expect DDoS to

continue to be used

as a form of protest.

2,000 Gbps

1,750 Gbps

1,500 Gbps

1,250 Gbps

1,000 Gbps

750 Gbps

500 Gbps

250 Gbps

0 Gbps

1.7 Tbps

40 Tbps

2018 PEAK ATTACK

2004 PEAK ATTACK

1

ATTACKS ON

GOVERNMENT

SERVICE PROVIDERS

HAVE ALREADY TAKEN

THE LEAD ON DDoS

DEFENSE OUT OF

NECESSITY. NOW THOSE

ATTACKS HAVE GROWN

EXPONENTIALLY.

IT WAS GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS AT 60 PERCENT,

UP SIGNIFICANTLY FROM 37 PERCENT IN 2017.

IN 2018, 61 PERCENT OF SERVICE PROVIDERS SAID

THEY MONITORED OUTBOUND AND CROSS-BOUND

ATTACKS, UP FROM THE 52 PERCENT.

With the growing

importance of

cloud-based services

to enterprises and

consumers, attackers are

increasingly targeting

these services with

DDoS attacks.

2

IMPORTANCE

OF CLOUD

For the first time

ever, a DDoS attack

topped 1 Tbps in size.

A few days later,

a 1.7 Tbps attack

was recorded.

3

THE

TERABYTE

ERA

The most common

DDoS motivations, once

again, are criminals

demonstrating their

capabilities and

online-gaming

related attacks.

CRIMINAL

MOTIVATIONS

4

Improved visibility

in this area is good

news, since this is

the first step in

managing the growing

threat of DDoS attacks.

A SIGN OF

IMPROVEMENT

5

1 TBPS

1.7 TBPS

47%52%

criminals

demonstrating

capabilities

online

gaming

52%20

17 61%20

18

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SPIG_004-1901

25% Targeted

attacks in 2016

33% Targeted

attacks in 2017

47% Targeted

attacks in 2018