Credit Union DDOS: Solution
By Kirk Drake
Protector – Credit Union DDOS Solution
In the past few weeks you may have read our series on Credit Union DDOS. We covered:
Credit Union DDOS: Part 1 – Non-Technical Explanation
Credit Union DDOS: Part 2 – Impact beyond Websites
Credit Union DDOS: Part 3 – Mitigation Options
This post covers Ongoing Operations Protector – Credit Union DDOS solution offering:
Ongoing Operations provides secure community cloud solutions, disaster recovery, and credit union technology solutions. As the leading Disaster Recovery & Cloud CUSO, we believe we are in a unique position to drive down cost and allow most credit unions to afford technology equivalent to large banks. This page provides and overview of Ongoing Operations Protector – Credit Union DDoS solution.
What is DDOS?
DDoS, or a distributed denial of service, attack is a method used to deprive an internet resource of its ability to communicate with the outside world. They generally work by using a botnet, a collection of computers infected with malware, from around the world to send traffic to an internet resource. This fake traffic is then used to flood the resource, taking it offline for the duration of the attack or otherwise making it unavailable.
How does it affect your Credit Union?
Voice, Data, third-party connections all ride on the public internet. A determined attacker can overwhelm your internet connection and take down voice, data, website, online banking and other services thru DDOS attacks. DDOS ATTACKS DO NOT JUST TARGET YOUR WEBSITE OR ONLINE BANKING. These attacks may take multiple hours to mitigate and create large distractions for IT Staff. Sometimes DDoS attacks are used to distract the credit union for some other fraud purpose. For example, one credit union recently experienced a DDoS solution and later found wire fraud was committed simultaneously that was missed because of the DDoS Attack.
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