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During our work, we noticed that there's little understanding out there about exactly how DDoS attacks put businesses at risk. Some companies seem to ignore the risk altogether, while others know the danger is real, but are unsure exactly what that entails. That's why we thought that it would be a good idea to show the actual impact that DDoS attacks can have on a business. With that in mind, we prepared our first DDoS Impact Survey...
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What DDoS Attacks Really Cost Businesses?
To understand how DDoS affected organizations in 2014 Incapsula surveyed IT
professionals from 270 North American organizations. The data below is based
on some of the results of that survey.
$40,000per hourAverage Cost ofDDoS Attack
91% attacked in the last 12 months
74% are attackedmore than once
10% are attacked ona weekly basis
~2/3 of attacks
last 6+ hours
37%0 - 6 hours
49%6 - 24 hours
8%1 - 7 days
4%7+ days
2%unsure
Software/HardwareReplacement
52%
Reduction inRevenue
51%
Loss of Consumer Trust
43%
CustomerData Theft
33%
FinancialTheft
26%
Loss of Intellectual Property
19%
35%
23%
22%
12%
5%
2%
2%Other
IT Group
Sales
Security
Customer Service
Marketing/PR
Legal
How widespread are DDoS attacks? Attacks lead to at least one of the following:
What is the typical attack length?
Which business areas take the largest financial hit?
How many businesses are using purpose-built DDoS protection?
45% Purpose-Built
57% Something Else
are not confident about their current
DDoS protection technology36%
of organizationsare attacked
45%
In 43% of cases,10+ employees are involed in mitigation
