Get the skills to defend against a DDoS attack!

Falling victim to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack can cost your business £1.2 million in damages. In the past year alone, DDoS attacks have increased 125% in frequency and 35% in attack duration and the average DDoS attack is now large enough to throw most organisations completely offline.

It’s time you ask yourself, how well can I defend myself and my business from a DDoS attack?

To help you answer this and get educated on the growing threat and consequences of a DDoS attack, Firebrand have launched a one-day DDoS Defence training course in the heart of London this December. In this short, accelerated training you’ll:

• Understand a DDoS attack, how it’s executed and the implications to your business.
• Experience demonstrations of DDoS attacks and their effects in real-time
• Learn the tools to detect, analyse and mitigate DDoS attacks

If you're looking to avoid the relentless, everyday threats of a DDoS attack, this is the event for you. You’ll leave us with a clear understanding of what a DDoS threat is and how you can bolster your defence against such attacks.

 What is a DDoS attack and why do I need to know about it?

A DDoS attack is an attempt to overwhelm an online service with traffic from multiple sources. In short, it prevents legitimate users from accessing a server’s information or services because it is overloaded or ‘flooded’ with requests.

The ramifications of this kind of attack on your business are huge. The costs of being forced offline can exceed £100,000 per hour. If you’re not as fortunate, costs may escalate up into the millions. This was found in a survey where 21% of IT professionals said a DDoS attack would cost their business more than £50,000 per hour. Following this, 52% of consumers are found to lose trust in your organisation as a result of the outage.

The potential repercussions can include; financial losses, reputational damage, consumer agitation and legal issues. 

On our DDoS Defence in a day event, you will not only learn what DDoS is and why it should top your chief of security's list of fears, but you'll also learn the real-life practical skills you can use to defend your business.  

Think this won’t happen to you?

There’s no doubt that DDoS attacks are now commonplace yet there is still a clear disconnect between people acknowledging the risk of DDoS and doing something to mitigate it. With 124,000 DDoS attacks observed worldwide each week, the failure to prepare yourself for this threat means it’s a matter of when and not if you join the long list of organisations thrown offline.

And it’s not just small businesses that need to be worried. The BBC, MI5, HSBC and PayPal are all recent victims of a DDoS attack. The damages range from being forced offline for several hours to millions in damages. PayPal experienced 3.5 million in damages and had 100 workers spend three weeks repairing the damage following a DDoS attack.

Here’s (some of) what you’ll cover:

• Demonstrations of DoS attack tools and their effect
• Using simple widely available tools to launch DoS attacks to highlight the skill levels required
• The concepts of DDoS; Moving from a single source to multiple sources, amplification and reflection
• Demonstration of Botnet launching a DDoS attack, controlled from a single source
• Mitigation measures for DoS and DDoS, including services provided and methods used
• NCA national DDoS strategy

What you’ll get:

In addition to excellent training from one of our most experienced cyber security experts, you’ll receive:

• Five free EC-Council CSCU exam vouchers worth £495: The Certified Secure Computer User exam is an easy way to benchmark the IT security knowledge of you and your staff. These will be provided before the course.
• Seven hours of learning towards maintaining your certifications with CPEs: Contribute to Continual Professional Education for maintaining certifications from IT security vendors including EC-Council, (ISC)2 and ISACA.
• Courseware and tools: All course materials including access to the tools demonstrated will be provided for future use.
• Lunch, snacks and refreshments: These will be provided throughout the day. 

Who should attend?

This course, which combines both theory and practical examples is ideally suited to both technicians and managers responsible for cyber security. Whether you're defending on the front line or managing strategy, this course will be of benefit in preventing DoS.

Want to find out more?

If you’re interested in keeping your business safe then join us on December 20th for a one-day training event in Central London. 

If you want to find out more or purchase tickets, please visit our course page. 

If you have any unanswered questions then just drop us an email at one@firebrandtraining.co.uk