Recent times have seen changes in the cost and consequences of web application and denial of service attacks for organizations, with companies facing increasing revenue losses as a result of these threats.
Web application and denial of service attacks can grind business processes to a halt and leave customers unable to purchase goods and services, hitting an enterprise’s profits. What’s more, organisations are spending more on technical support and incident response to help defend against, remediate and recover from these attacks.
This whitepaper explores:
- Recent changes in the cost and consequences of web application and denial of service attacks
- Why web application security is more critical than ever
- How a lack of qualified security personnel is a greater barrier to preventing DoS attacks than a lack of resources
- What makes a web application firewall effective, and why?