1 888 99 FLARE | enterprise@cloudflare.com | www.cloudflare.com Five best practices for mitigating DDoS attacks How to defend against rapidly evolving distributed denial-of-service threats and address vulnerabilities at every layer W H ITE PA PE R2 1 888 99 FLARE | enterprise@cloudflare.com | www.cloudflare.com INDEX Executive summary Part 1 - What is a DDoS attack? Varieties of DDoS attacks Impact of DDoS attacks Part 2 - Emerging trends in DDoS attacks Part 3 - Best practices for DDoS mitigation 1. Bolster protection tactics 2. Prioritize the two most important metrics — capacity and time-to-mitigation 3. Consider always-on vs. on-demand protection 4. Never sacrifice performance for security 5. Embrace threat intelligence to stay ahead of attackers How C

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