A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack can take your business offline in seconds. Attackers flood your servers with fake traffic until your systems collapse. To survive, businesses must understand how DDoS attacks work — and how to prevent them.

What Is a DDoS Attack?
In a DDoS attack, multiple compromised systems send overwhelming requests to a target server. The result: legitimate users can’t access your website or application.

Types of DDoS Attacks

Volumetric attacks: Flood bandwidth using massive data packets.

Protocol attacks: Exploit weaknesses in server protocols like TCP/IP.

Application layer attacks: Target web apps directly, often harder to detect.

How to Protect Your Business
DDoS mitigation includes network firewalls, rate limiting, and specialized filters. Edge Forge’s DDoS-protected servers identify malicious traffic and reroute it before it reaches your infrastructure. Layered defenses and continuous monitoring are key to survival.