Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Mitigation Services Based on Cisco Systems Clean Pipes

Successful Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks resulted in reported losses in the millions of dollars in 2005 alone. These attacks have also forced companies to shut down Web and/or privately meet extortionists’ demands for payment ranging from $10,000 to several millions of dollars.

A number of service providers have reacted to the needs of their customers and currently offer automated, network-based, DDoS services that employ Cisco Systems® Clean Pipes solution. These services have proven to be profitable almost from their inception. However, service providers have also realized a number of supplemental gains in operational savings, bandwidth conservation, and service differentiation that have transformed DDoS mitigation services from tangential to strategic.