What are Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks?

In a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, the attacker uses several controlled computers (bots) to send multiple requests to your website and render it unusable. Through a flood of requests, the attacked system becomes saturated enough to refuse to work.

Case study:

In 2017, seven major UK banks fell victim to DDoS attacks that forced them to scale back operations and even shut down their systems completely.

The cost of getting these systems back up and running was estimated at hundreds of thousands of pounds.

To protect yourself against denial-of-service attacks you can contract this protection from your web hosting provider.

Please refer to the "Website Security" section of the platform to learn about your protection against denial-of-service attacks.