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SECURITY

DDoS Protection

Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks are increasing in frequency and complexity. Cisco predicts 15.4 million global attacks in 2023, potentially taking down over 42,000 businesses daily. These attacks can severely disrupt operations and impact business continuity.

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Full-service control

Set controls, analyse alerts, and trigger mitigation via our easy-to-use Flex portal.

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Comprehensive

Configure controls for over 35 misuse types to monitor your network in a precise manner.

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World-class team

Our DDoS protection services are backed by our NZ based network security experts who assist you with mitigation of attacks.

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How does DDoS Protection work?

To filter out known attacks before they even reach your network we deliver real-time shields-up DDoS monitoring and mitigation. Our ongoing investment in detection and protection ensures your network is always up and running, even when under attack.

Self-managing DDoS Protection with Flex

DDoS Protection services can be easily managed via our Flex customer portal. With its intuitive, modern interface, Flex gives approved team members the ability to configure host detection rules to respond and mitigate DDoS attacks in real time in an easy, efficient way.

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Core features

Service types

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Standard DDoS

Network wide protection — any known large-scale volumetric DDoS attacks will be filtered before they even reach your network. By default, Standard DDoS Protection is included at no additional cost with all our Internet products.

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Advanced DDoS detect

The next level of protection — DDoS events are detected based on configurable rules in order to take mitigation actions. DDoS Detect gives you greater insight into your Internet service, including traffic reporting, DDoS event history and the ability to manage alerts and notifications. In addition, our customers may request per incident mitigation of DDoS attacks.

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Advanced DDoS protect

The premium level of DDoS support, focused on providing automatic detection and mitigation of DDoS attacks. DDoS Protect ensures our Internet customers enjoy the performance for which the 2degrees network is renowned, while providing visibility and control over the events that would simply be called a service outage in other networks.

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Service breakdown

Features and benefits Standard DDoS Protection Advanced DDoS Detect Advanced DDoS Protect
Monitoring
Configurable detection rules ✕ ✓ ✓
Traffic reports to adjust thresholds ✕ ✓ ✓
Automated incident alerts ✕ ✓ ✓
Alert summary and detailed data ✕ ✓ ✓
Real-time attack information ✕ ✓ ✓
Monitoring & reporting for specific IP addresses ✕ ✓ ✓
DDoS event history ✕ ✓ ✓
Mitigation
Automatic network wide DDoS protection ✓ ✓ ✓
RTBH filtering via BGP ✓ ✓ ✓
RTBH filtering via NOC ✓ ✓ ✓
Manual per incident traffic scrubbing ✕ ✓* ✓
Automatic traffic scrubbing using mitigation rules ✕ ✕ ✓
Service and Support
NOC Support 24x7 ✓ ✓ ✓
Self-management via Flex customer portal ✕ ✓ ✓

*Additional fees apply

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