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Report reveals blocked DDoS attack volumes up more than 40 % year on year
R adware , a leading provider of cybersecurity and application delivery solutions , has announced results from its Q2 2021 DDoS Attack Report .
The report revealed that second quarter blocked DDoS attack volumes were up more than 40 % compared to the same period in 2020 . The report provides an overview of DDoS attack trends by industry , as well as across applications and attack types .
The report revealed , during the first half of 2021 , a company located in the Americas or Europe , the Middle East and Africa ( EMEA ) had to repel , on average , twice as much volume compared to a company located in Asia-Pacific ( APAC ).
The Americas and EMEA accounted for around 80 % of the blocked attack volume during that same period .
“ While large ransomware attacks are capturing headlines , there are other cyberthreats that companies need to pay attention to ,” said Pascal Geenens , Director of Threat Intelligence for Radware .
“ From an increase in DDoS extortion campaigns and DDoS hit-and-run assaults , to a hacktivist group targeting financial
organisations in the Middle East , the second quarter saw a concerning amount of cyber activity compared to the activity levels we saw during the same quarter last year . The results of this report should serve as a strong reminder to enterprises that no company is immune from being a target .”
Morehouse School of Medicine chooses Veeam for better cybersecurity
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Medicine ( MSM ) chose Veeam to replace two unreliable backup solutions and modernise its data protection strategy to defend against growing cyberthreats .
With ransomware attacks in the education space proving to be highly lucrative for hackers , MSM knew it needed to improve its Disaster Recovery strategy and placed its trust in Veeam ’ s proven track record of protecting critical data assets . backup solutions weren ’ t equipped to handle cyberattacks – they were unreliable , difficult to use and expensive .
That ’ s when MSM turned to Veeam Availability Suite , saving MSM US $ 75,000 in backup costs and 500 hours of IT management each year . u
MSM is among the nation ’ s leading educators of primary care physicians , biomedical scientists and public health professionals . MSM works diligently to increase patient access to high-quality care and eliminate health disparity in underserved communities .
“ After attending VeeamON , I knew immediately Veeam was the right choice for MSM . It ’ s the only product I ’ ve ever used that does exactly what it says it will do – every single time ,” said Mark Dean , Senior Systems Administrator at Morehouse School of Medicine .
When MSM decided to be proactive about defending against ransomware , the IT department quickly realised its legacy
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