Distributed denial-of-service attacks are second to the category of denial-of-service attacks. In a DDoS attack, a botnet-a system of multiple devices connected online-targets a website to generate fake traffic.

Compared to other types of cyberattacks, your security is not at risk in a DDoS attack. Instead, the attack aims to prevent your website from being accessible to real customers or users. DDoS activities are also performed as smokescreen deception to carry out malicious activities by damaging the security perimeters of the websites.

No business can afford to be unprepared for such a debilitating attack. In this post, we'll take a deep dive into DDoS threats and describe how we prepare for multi-terabit attacks, so your website will stay-up and running.