TRENDING
T
he cost of internet
downtime was one of the
survey questions addressed
to enterprise, government and
education organisations in Arbor
Networks’ latest Worldwide
Infrastructure Security Report.
Nearly two-thirds of survey
respondents estimate the costs to
their organisation above $500 per
minute, with 7% indicating more
than $10,000 per minute. What’s
even more interesting is that a
number of respondents elected not
to answer this question. Why? They
had no idea how much a minute
of downtime would cost their
organisation.
In short, there’s real money at
stake here. Even if an attack just
lasts for a few minutes, it will likely
cost thousands of dollars if not
mitigated. If it lasts longer (or if
there are many small attacks), the
consequences can be huge. Here
are some other data points from the
report that will provide a sense of
how much these attacks can cost:
Likelihood of an attack in
2015: DDoS was the most common
threat experienced by enterprise,
government and education
respondents, similar to earlier years.
Thirty-four percent of respondents
reported that their organisation
experienced one or more DDoS
attacks over the past 12 months.
(The odds have since gone up, as
we’ll see momentarily.)
Time required to mitigate:
Fifteen percent of respondents
indicated that they can
immediately mitigate an attack
OVER ONE-QUARTER
OF RESPONDENTS
WHO EXPERIENCED
AN ATTACK INDICATE
THEY SUFFERED
MORE THAN TEN
ATTACKS PER MONTH
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