How To Mitigate DDos Attacks

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attacks are a malicious attempt to disrupt services offered by a server. Many types of DDoS attacks now exist including HTTP flood attacks, SYN floods attacks, volumetric attacks, DNS amplification attacks, UDP flooding, ICMP flood attacks and many others. In this blog post, I will walkthrough the basic and advanced concepts of a DDoS attack, what they are, the different types, and how companies can mitigate their effects with preventive techniques.