July 5, 2023
Three Load-Balancing Techniques for DDoS Mitigation and Web Application Firewall
Michael Smith
Field CTO
Michael Smith is Vercara's Field Chief Technology Officer and is responsible for the organization's overall technology strategy including product management, threat intelligence, customer support, and sales and channels enablement. Smith initially started as a Russian translator in the U.S. Army, before serving in CTO roles in startups and information security officer roles leading major government security projects. With over 30 years of experience in cybersecurity, information technology, and intelligence, he has managed high-profile incidents such as the wave of DDoS attacks against major U.S. banks in 2012 and 2013 and attacks by e-commerce account takeover gangs, as well as security monitoring for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2014 Winter Olympic Games, and preparations for both the 2018 and 2020 Olympic Games.
Articles by Michael Smith
May 11, 2023
Four Techniques for Threat Hunting with UltraDDR
Discover malicious and abnormal behaviour with UltraDDR’s Threat Hunting Portal.The portal provides four different ways to threat hunt using the built-in filter, sort, and aggregate features.
February 15, 2023
DDoS Mitigation Technologies Part 5: Create Your Plan
The first step in creating your DDoS mitigation plan is deciding which technologies to employ. Most enterprises create a layered defense using complementary technologies. For example, pairing an overprovisioned infrastructure for small attacks with a third-party scrubber to mitigate larger and more persistent ones.
February 8, 2023
DDoS Mitigation Technologies Part 4: Remotely Triggered Black Hole
A remotely triggered black hole simply dumps all traffic from across the internet for a particular destination, using BGP to send it to a non-routable address space. Despite this major drawback, remotely triggered black holes are a commonly used DDoS mitigation technology.
February 1, 2023
DDoS Mitigation Technologies Part 3: Third-Party Solutions
This solution involves contracting with a dedicated cloud-based DDoS mitigation specialist that operates a massively scaled scrubbing center‚ typically 3-15 Tbps of dedicated capacity, built with mitigation appliances and other networking gear.
January 25, 2023
DDoS Mitigation Techniques and Technologies Part 2: ISP Scrubbing Centers
An ISP scrubbing center is an effective solution that is fairly simple to implement, since your ISPs are already your provider. In most cases, the ISP can route either entire network blocks or individual IP addresses to their scrubber and send back clean traffic.
January 18, 2023
DDoS Mitigation Technologies Part 1: Overview
DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks are a serious and persistent threat to every network. This series highlights the six widely-accepted technologies and architectures that you can employ to protect your assets.
September 21, 2022
Be Better Prepared for a DDoS Attack
Prepare for DDoS attacks with our guide on mitigation strategies and technologies. Learn to protect your online assets, ensuring uninterrupted access and safeguarding against significant threats.
August 29, 2022
What goes into a PoP?
We get a lot of requests from customers and partners to deploy a PoP in a huge number of different locations in order to reduce the amount of latency going to their application and to address perceived data sovereignty requirements.
July 19, 2022
The Evolution of DNS Redundancy
Discover UltraDNS2, our latest platform offering enhanced DNS redundancy and higher availability. Ensure your network's reliability with our proven capabilities and separate infrastructure.
July 19, 2022
Keep Your DNS Happy with UltraDNS Health Check
Ensure your DNS is secure and optimized. Use UltraDNS Health Check to identify misconfigurations and vulnerabilities. Free, comprehensive assessments available now.