A10 Networks Study: Communications Service Providers Hunger for Better Intelligence to Prevent Costly DDoS Attacks
June 04 2019 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Only 29 Percent of Respondents Confident in
Ability to Moderate DDoS Impact, According to New Study Conducted
by the Ponemon Institute
A10 Networks (NYSE: ATEN) today unveiled findings of a new study
demonstrating that global communications service providers, whose
businesses are predicated on continuous availability and reliable
service levels, are struggling to fend off a growing number of
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks against their
networks. A lack of timely and actionable intelligence is seen as a
major obstacle to DDoS protection, according to the study.
The A10 Networks study conducted by the Ponemon Institute
highlights the critical need for DDoS protection that provides
higher levels of scalability, intelligence integration, and
automation. Some 325 IT and security professionals at ISPs, mobile
carriers and cloud service providers participated in the
survey.
According to the report, entitled “The State of DDoS Attacks
Against Communications Service Providers,” these service providers
have major concerns with DDoS resilience readiness with only 29
percent of respondents confident in their ability to launch
appropriate measures to moderate attacks. DDoS attacks targeting
the network layer are the most common form of attack—and the most
dangerous to their business, according to respondents. These
attacks flood the network with traffic to starve out legitimate
requests and render service unavailable. As a result, service
providers say they face a variety of consequences, the most serious
being end-user and IT staff productivity losses, revenue losses and
customer turnover.
85 percent of survey respondents expect DDoS attacks to either
increase (54 percent) or remain at the same high levels (31
percent). Most service providers do not rate themselves highly in
either prevention or detection of attacks. Just 34 percent grade
themselves as effective or highly effective in prevention; 39
percent grade themselves as effective or highly effective in
detection.
The DDoS intelligence gap was highlighted by a number of survey
findings:
- Lack of actionable intelligence was
cited as the number-one barrier to preventing DDoS attacks,
followed by insufficient personnel and expertise, and inadequate
technologies.
- Out-of-date intelligence, which is too
stale to be actionable, was cited as the leading intelligence
problem, followed by inaccurate information, and a lack of
integration between intelligence sources and security
measures.
- Solutions that provide actionable
intelligence were seen as the most effective way to defend against
attacks.
- The most important features in DDoS
protection solutions were identified as scalability, integration of
DDoS protection with cyber intelligence, and the ability to
integrate analytics and automation to improve visibility and
precision in intelligence gathering.
- Communications service providers who
rated their DDoS defense capabilities highly were more likely to
have sound intelligence into global botnets and weapon
locations.
“Communications service providers are right, both in their
expectations for increased attacks and about their need for better
intelligence to prevent them,” said Gunter Reiss, vice president,
marketing at A10 Networks. “The continuing proliferation of
connected devices and the coming 5G networks will only increase the
potential size and ferocity of botnets aimed at service providers.
To better prepare, providers will need deeper insights into the
identities of these attack networks and where the weapons are
located. They also need actionable intelligence that integrates
with their security systems and the capacity to automate their
response.”
At the same time, many service providers see DDoS protection as
a managed service as a significant business opportunity, with a
majority (66 percent) of providers saying they were either
delivering DDoS scrubbing services or planning to do so. However,
the high cost of delivering these services using legacy solutions
and making them profitable was seen as a major impediment. Service
providers are being forced to find modern approaches that can scale
defense in a profitable way.
Other key findings include:
- DDoS is seen as the most difficult type
of cyber attack to deter, prevent and contain.
- Cybercriminals who use DDoS attacks to
extort money are considered the biggest risk to service providers,
followed by those who use DDoS attacks as a smoke screen for some
other cyber attack.
- The network is significantly more
likely to be attacked than other layers of a service provider’s
infrastructure, such as the application and device layers.
- A majority of respondents say they do
not have actionable intelligence into DDoS-for-hire botnets or DDoS
weapon locations around the world to help them protect their
networks.
Survey Methodology
In partnership with A10 Networks, the Ponemon Institute
conducted a survey of 325 IT and IT security practitioners in the
U.S. who work for internet service providers, mobile or cloud
service providers and are familiar with their organizations’
defenses against DDoS.
Meet A10 Networks at Upcoming Events
InfoSecurity Europe – London, June 4-6Visit stand F285 to learn
about the company’s latest product enhancements and hear company
representatives speak at this session: Automated Defenses for DDoS
– June 6 at 2:30 p.m. GMT
Webinar: The State of DDoS Attacks Against Service Providers –
Tuesday, June 11On Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 12:00 p.m. ET / 5:00
p.m. GMT, A10 Networks is participating in a webinar that provides
an overview of the current state of DDoS attacks. Jim Hodges,
principal analyst from Heavy Reading, Dr. Larry Ponemon, the
founder of the Ponemon Institute and Paul Nicholson, senior
director, product marketing at A10 Networks, will provide deeper
insight into the key findings of this report and the implications
for service providers. Register here.
Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit – National Harbor,
MD, June 17-20Visit booth 939 and hear company representatives
speak at this session: The State of DDoS Weapons and Applying
Zero-day Automated Protection – June 19 at 10:45 a.m. ET
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