Digitalization is playing a vital role and integration of digital technologies into our everyday life. Organizations are moving more towards Digital Transformation which is necessary now for the growth of a business. But, are businesses moving towards security transformation also? Hackers are getting smart day by day, no of hacking websites is also increasing. Recently Dubsmash, MyFitnessPal, MyHeritage, Whitepages, Animoto and other websites are hacked. Every business owner should start thinking about cybersecurity transformation also.

Cyber attacks are increasing due to free attack tools that help anyone with even basic hacking skills to launch an attack. 98% of organizations globally have reported experiencing multiple types of cyber-attack. Ddos attacks have been increased by 84% in the first quarter of 2018. And not only in frequency are DDoS attacks increasing even they are also increasing in complexity, duration and severity.

Healthcare, manufacturing, IT or BFSI it doesn’t matter the sector attackers are continuously working to gain information all the time. In short, everyone is at risk whether it is a big or small company or even it’s your private account.

Cost of a DDoS attack

DDoS attacks can have a major impact on enterprises. DDoS attacks can have a major impact on enterprises. For example, users come to your website to do business and if they can’t access your website or online service, there will be a bad impact on business revenue and reputation. The user could turn to another website which is available. Can you afford the loss of customer trust?

An average cost of a single DDoS attack could up to $1M, the report found. 

Conclusion

And the conclusion is Digitalization and Cyber Security must evolve hand in hand. Organizations should stay updated on DDoS attack trends.

The most effective way to defeat cyber attacks/DDoS attacks is with always-on DDoS protection that can detect and mitigate attacks in real-time without any human intervention.

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