Detection and Prevention of Distributed Denial of Service attacks in SMEs: The Case of CloudPlus
Ahmad Zia Sharifi, Hashmatullah Zaheer, Mohammad Fahim Azizi, Jamilurahman Faizi · 2019
Cybercrimes are on the rise, and are evolving with the passage of time. As organizations become increasingly reliant upon the contemporary Information and Communication Technologies, they also expose themselves to a vast pool of threats and vulnerabilities. The purpose of this paper is to bring focus on the detection and prevention of Distributed Denial of Service attacks with respect to Small and Medium Enterprises. The paper adopts a case study approach, and aims at designing a technology solution that could help CloudPlus in promptly detecting and preventing DDoS attacks. The technology solution comprises of three layers, including cloud signaling, firewalling and third-party cloud security through Akamai. The solution has been designed such that it can be replicated by any SME that is cloud-based. Research studies generally focus on DDoS attacks on large-scale organizations; however, small and medium enterprises are equally vulnerable to such attacks. Completion of this research study would also help fill this research gap.