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Protect Your Business Website from DDoS Attacks with Akamai

Online presence is one of the main factors in the success of modern businesses. Websites not only function as a medium of information, but also become the center of operations, transactions, and interactions with customers. However, in the midst of rapid technological development, cyber threats such as Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) are increasingly frequent and can hinder the smooth running of business, even causing huge losses. Therefore, protection against DDoS attacks is something that cannot be ignored.

As a trusted partner, PT Perkom Indah Murni and Akamai are ready to help you maintain website security so that it continues to run smoothly without interruption.

What is a DDoS attack?

DDoS attacks aim to disrupt or disable access to websites or online services by flooding data traffic from various sources in large amounts. As a result, the server becomes overwhelmed and cannot respond to user requests normally.

These types of attacks can have a negative impact on businesses, ranging from decreased revenue, reduced customer trust, to damage to brand reputation.

Four main types of DDoS attacks

• Application-layer attacks: Targeting specific applications to consume server resources and cause operational disruptions.

• Protocol attacks: Exploiting weaknesses in communication protocols, such as SYN floods or Ping of Death, to hamper system performance.

• DNS amplification/reflection attacks: Exploiting weaknesses in the DNS system to increase the volume of traffic sent to the target.

• Volumetric attacks: Overwhelming network bandwidth with large data traffic so that the system becomes unable to respond properly.

How to Protect a Website from DDoS Attacks?

Organizations can protect and limit disruption from DDoS attacks with robust mitigation strategies, superior protection services, and advanced cybersecurity controls.

Cloud-based solutions offer high-capacity, optimally performing, and always-on anti-DDoS protection. With this, malicious traffic can be prevented before it reaches the website or disrupts web API communication, so the impact of the attack can be minimized while ensuring normal traffic continues to run smoothly.

DDoS Mitigation Services

In an ever-evolving attack landscape, DDoS protection through mitigation providers that implement a defense-in-depth approach can keep organizations and end users safe. DDoS mitigation services aim to detect and block attacks as quickly as possible, ideally within zero time or a few seconds after the attack traffic reaches the mitigation service provider's cleanup center.

DDoS mitigation providers filter attack traffic to prevent it from reaching targeted assets. Malicious traffic is blocked through CDN-based web protection services, DDoS cleansing services, or cloud-based DNS services.

Through DDoS attack protection services, organizations can:

• Reduce the attack surface and business risk of DDoS attacks

• Prevent downtime impacting business operations

• Protecting websites to stay online

• Accelerate response to DDoS attacks

• Improve the effectiveness of investigations and mitigate service disruptions

• Prevent employee productivity loss due to attacks

• Maintaining brand reputation and company profits

• Maintain application uptime and performance

• Minimizing web security costs

• Protects against extortion, ransomware, and other emerging threats

Akamai Solutions to Fight DDoS Attacks

Akamai provides in-depth DDoS defense and mitigation services through a transparent network of dedicated edge defense, distributed DNS, and cloud scrubbing. These solutions are designed to strengthen cybersecurity posture and increase resilience to large and complex attacks.

• App & API Protector: Combines web application firewall, bot mitigation, API security, and Layer 7 DDoS protection in a single solution.

• Edge DNS: Akamai's official DNS service designed specifically for DDoS attack resistance.

• Prolexic: Comprehensive DDoS protection with more than 36 cloud cleansing centers in 32 global metropolitan centers, offering more than 20 Tbps of dedicated DDoS defense.

Conclusion

DDoS attacks can happen at any time and have a major impact on business continuity. Therefore, protection against this threat must be a top priority. With advanced technology from Akamai and support from Perkom, you can ensure that your website remains secure, fast, and hassle-free.

Don't let DDoS attacks cost your business! Contact us now to get the best protection solution.

Author: Ghea Devita

Marketing Communication, PT Perkom Indah Murni