April 9, 2024 at 01:59PM
The security profession uses preventive and detective controls to reduce risk. Preventive controls aim to lessen potential threats, while detective controls identify security issues post-incident. However, the prevalence of DDoS attacks underscores the need for more emphasis on preventive controls. Steps to enhance DDoS protection include vulnerability checks, staying nondisruptive, understanding the environment, establishing a remediation process, and continuous testing.
From the meeting notes, we can conclude that the security profession heavily relies on a combination of preventive and detective controls to reduce risk. However, it’s highlighted that DDoS protection lacks adequate preventive controls, despite being a significant problem for businesses.
To round out DDoS protection, the following steps are proposed:
1. Check for vulnerabilities at layers 3, 4, and 7 of the OSI model in a nondisruptive manner.
2. Ensure that the methods used to identify vulnerabilities are nondisruptive and nonintrusive.
3. Gain a deep understanding of the environment to eliminate blind spots in vulnerability identification.
4. Establish a process to document and prioritize vulnerabilities for remediation.
5. Continually iterate security measures by testing for new or persistent vulnerabilities within the infrastructure and remaining aware of changes to the environment.
The meeting notes emphasize that DDoS protection requires both preventive and detective controls and that the industry needs to shift its focus towards implementing preventive controls in the DDoS security area.