<p>We are finishing the series of posts about the types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Today we will review the last one - hybrid solution.</p>

Learn about advantages and disadvantages of hybrid anti-DDoS solutions as compared to other types of DDoS protction services.

Hybrid Anti-DDoS Solutions | StormWall

<p><em>30 October 2020</em></p>

<h1>Types of Anti-DDoS Solutions. Hybrid Solutions</h1>

<p>We are finishing the series of posts about the types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Today we will review the last one - hybrid solution.</p>

<p>Hybrid solutions consist of an on-premises solution and a subscription of an anti-DDoS cloud solution, which is activated automatically when an attack starts.</p>

<div class="line">Hybrid solutions eliminate the limitations of on-premises solutions regarding the volume of attacks and combine in with the advantages of cloud solutions.</div>

<h2>THE ADVANTAGES OF HYBRID SOLUTIONS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Reasonable price</li>
	<li>High filtration capacity</li>
	<li>Elastic bandwidth (increases quickly after an attack starts due to the extension of cloud solution)</li>
	<li>Supplier&rsquo;s expertise in mitigating attack and your own attacks filtration</li>
	<li>Protection of websites and web applications (at the 7th layer of the OSI model)</li>
	<li>The ability to flexibly integrate a local solution component into an existing infrastructure</li>
	<li>Configuration and maintenance of a hybrid solution is usually provided by a provider. There is no need to hire additional specialists</li>
</ul>

<h2>LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Increased latency (when you need to extend your solution to the cloud)</li>
	<li>Passing confidential and personal data through the cloud after an attack starts</li>
	<li>High cost (compared to Сloud solutions)</li>
</ul>

<h2>FOR WHOM</h2>

<p>Hybrid solutions are good for Enterprise companies which pay special attention to interacting with customers through online channels. We also recommend using hybrid solutions for medium service-providers.</p>

Types of Anti-DDoS Solutions. Hybrid Solutions

<p>Cloud solutions implement almost the same protection functionality as the on-premises ones. In addition to protection from packet attacks, anti-DDoS cloud service providers often offer services to protect websites from HTTP/HTTPS bot attacks, technical support and help during DDoS attacks.</p>

Explore advantages and disadvantages of cloud anti-DDoS services and see if such type of DDoS protection solutions fits you.

Cloud Anti-DDoS Solutions | StormWall

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<h1>Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Cloud solutions</h1>
<span>22 October 2020</span>

<p>Cloud solutions implement almost the same protection functionality as the on-premises ones. In addition to protection from packet attacks, anti-DDoS cloud service providers often offer services to protect websites from HTTP/HTTPS bot attacks, technical support and help during DDoS attacks.</p>

<h2>THE ADVANTAGES OF (QUALITY) CLOUD SOLUTIONS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Low cost - monthly subscription fee. There is usually no initial payment and no extra costs for hardware and software</li>
	<li>No need to hire and educate additional staff</li>
	<li>High filtration capacity</li>
	<li>Quick setup (from a few minutes)</li>
	<li>Supplier&rsquo;s expertise in mitigating attacks</li>
	<li>PoC (usually)</li>
	<li>Protection of websites and web applications (at the 7th layer of the OSI model)</li>
</ul>

<h2>LIMITATIONS AND DRAWBACKS</h2>

<ul>
	<li>Increased latency (traffic goes first to the filtering center, then to the client)</li>
	<li>Passing confidential and personal data through the cloud</li>
</ul>

<h2>FOR WHOM</h2>

<p>Cloud Solutions are optimal for SMBs.</p>

<p>Next time, we will talk about the last type of solutions - hybrid.</p>
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Types of Anti-DDoS solutions. Cloud solutions

<p>Experts from StormWall studied DDoS-attacks targeting the online retail industry in Europe. During the research, StormWall collected data from its clients working in multiple e-commerce segments. Experts discovered that during the pandemic, between February and October 2020, the number of DDoS attacks targeted at online retail services quadrupled compared to the same period last year.</p>

Experts discovered that during the pandemic the number of DDoS attacks targeted at online retail services quadrupled compared to the same period last year.

DDoS Attacks on E-Commerce in Europe, 2020 | StormWall

<p><em>26 November 2020</em></p>

<h1>The number of DDoS attacks targeting e-commerce in Europe increased by 4 times during the pandemic</h1>

<p>Experts from StormWall studied DDoS-attacks targeting the online retail industry in Europe. During the research, StormWall collected data from its clients working in multiple e-commerce segments. Experts discovered that during the pandemic, between February and October 2020, the number of DDoS attacks targeted at online retail services quadrupled compared to the same period last year.</p>

<p>The growth in attack number is primarily contributed to the increased competition between online retailers during the global health crisis. Some companies use DDoS attacks to gain an unfair advantage. What&rsquo;s more, hackers are more frequently targeting businesses to extort money. In e-commerce, an unavailable website may lead to major profit loss. Cybercriminals use website downtime as a leverage, promising to stop the attack and restore the service operation, once the victim company pays the ransom. Additionally, hackers may try to steal personal data from online store&rsquo;s customers, using the attacks as a diversion.</p>

<p>According to StormWall&rsquo;s data, between February and October 2020, the number of attacks on online fashion stores increased by 4 times compared to the same period last year. The number of attacks on online electronics stores &mdash; by 5 times, and the number of attacks on online furniture stores &mdash; by 8 times. Attacks targeting online car product stores grew by 3 times, while attacks aimed at online renovation stores grew by 7 times.</p>

<p>The frequency of DDoS Attacks has been always rising, but the growth rate accelerated dramatically during the pandemic.</p>

<p>StormWall&rsquo;s experts have pointed out that new types of DDos attacks are appearing in the e-commerce sector in 2020, which suggests that attacks are becoming more sophisticated year by year. While in 2019 the majority of attacks were carried out over the HTTP protocol, the number of attacks over the TCP (20,6%) and UDP (14,1%) protocols significantly increased between February and September 2020, while the attacks over HTTP protocol made up the remaining 65,3% of DDoS campaigns. This may be due to the development of &ldquo;stressers&rdquo; market &mdash; software, available for purchase by regular users that can generate high number of requests to &ldquo;test&rdquo; one&rsquo;s resources. Furthermore, the number of DDoS attacks over the HTTP protocol has risen by 296% between February and September 2020, compared to the same period last year.</p>

<p>&quot;E-commerce has always been an attractive field to cybercriminals, and during the pandemic, hackers&#39; interest in the sector developed even more. Criminals are actively advancing the methods of DDoS attacks, and retailers are finding it increasingly difficult to defend against them. This is a serious threat. The new trend is that the attackers are attempting to find vulnerabilities that require a small number of requests per second to make a website unavailable. An effective defense system that can shield against this type of campaign needs to have intelligent DDoS protection, like proactive analysis and self-learning.&quot; &mdash; noted Ramil Khantimirov, the CEO and co-founder of StormWall.</p>

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