Defending Against DDoS Attacks

Finding us in your spam mailbox? Please add us to your address book! Trouble viewing this email? View in Browser  Manage my subscriptions Optimizing Infrastructure October 21, 2011 Top Five Recommendations for Mitigating the Effects of DDoS Attacks According to Corero Network Security, a leader in on-premises Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Defense Systems for enterprises, data centers and hosting providers, for all the pain and suffering DDoS attacks have caused, there are a number of best practices that companies can implement to reduce their risk. The most effective defense against DDoS attacks requires expert preparation of defensive resources, ongoing vigilance and a rapid, organized response. Read more > Featured White Papers How Malware Reaches Us — Your Security Reality Check Read this latest security report to understand how the latest threats work and how to keep your business safe. •  Build or Buy: The Six Data Center Key Factors You Should Consider •  Mitigating the Risk of Business on the Web: Visibility Is the Key •  Operational Dexterity: Five IT Projects to Increase Business Agility Premium Tools Cloud Computing Foundation Certification Kit Cloud computing is a topic you need to be well versed at iif you want your IT management career to advance. This downloadable resource will step you through the services available, deployment models and security risks associated with Cloud Computing. Use this 185 page eBook and access to a unique eLearning experience to grow your career. •  The Complete IT Policy Kit •  The Strategic IT Planning Bundle •  The ITIL V3 Foundation Certification Kit IT Marketplace Latest White Papers Physical Threats in the DC — New Monitoring Best Practices iOS SOS: Keeping Mobile Management Mayhem to a Minimum A Big Picture View of Information Systems Design Buying a Business Phone System? Avoid These 10 Mistakes Meet your 2012 budget The most advanced data center solutions in the world. Get the competitive advantage you're looking for. Run the numbers with CyrusOne. > "Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying PaaS isn't a viable technology or that it doesn't represent a dramatic advancement over today's virtual architecture. It's just that I think the days of any one technology remaking the entire IT industry are over." Excerpt from Arthur Cole Infrastructure 10 Steps to Increasing Data Center Efficiency and Availability Data centers must enter a new stage of maturity marked by a more proactive approach to management to enable increased efficiency, better planning and higher levels of service. Achieving actionable visibility into data center operations requires the ability to collect, consolidate and analyze data across the data center, using advanced devices, sensors and management software. Seven Best Practices for Virtualization Initially pursued because of the dramatic savings from server and storage consolidation that it makes possible, virtualization today is quickly becoming more than just a compelling technology that allows IT pros to do the same things better, faster and cheaper. The Data Deduplication Revolution Data deduplication technologies are deployed in many forms and many places within the backup and recovery infrastructure. It has evolved from being delivered within specially designed disk appliances offering post processing deduplication to being a distributed technology found as an integrated part of backup and recovery software. Blogs Arthur Cole Center Column CPU Pooling: Vital for Virtualization and the Cloud Loraine Lawson Integration What Big Data Will Mean for IT and Data Management Mike Vizard IT Unmasked IBM Significantly Expands Scope of Cloud Computing Effort Think It, Plan It, Build It: 3 Steps to a Drupal Website   Take a tour through Drupal for the easy-to-follow set-up, site administration, and even content organization of your website. Take it now > This e-mail is sent by: NarrowCast Group, LLC, 10400 Linn Station Road, Suite 100, Louisville, KY 40223 Copyright ©2003-2011 NarrowCast Group, LLC. All Rights Reserved. E-mail Reports Sign up for these additional e-mail reports to get the best return on your company's technology and talent: •  Aligning IT & Business Goals    •  Optimizing Infrastructure    •  Integrating the Enterprise    •  Maximizing IT Investments    •  Business Tools & Templates •  IT Careers •  Leveraging Enterprise Software •  Managing Compliance Standards •  Mobile and Telecom •  Fortifying Network Security •  CTO Edge Update •  Daily Edge Privacy Policy     Manage Subscriptions     Unsubscribe     Contact Us     How to Advertise