Citation[]
Communications Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC) IV Working Group 5, Final Report on Remediation of Server-Based DDoS Attacks (Sept. 2014) (full-text).
Overview[]
Critical infrastructure sectors have been under assault from a barrage of DDoS attacks, some of which have emanated from data centers and hosting providers. DDoS attacks originating from data centers and hosting providers are especially problematic because of the high bandwidth and computational resources available to an attacker. This makes prevention, detection, and mitigation more important, yet more difficult. This Working Group examined and has made recommendations to the Council regarding network level best practices and other measures that communications providers and the FCC can take to mitigate the effects of DDoS attacks from large data centers and hosting sites. These recommendations include technical/operational methods and procedures to facilitate stakeholder implementation of the recommendations.