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Software-Defined Perimeter as a DDoS Prevention Mechanism
Software-Defined Perimeter as a DDoS Prevention Mechanism

Software-Defined Perimeter as a DDoS Prevention Mechanism

Release Date: 10/27/2019

Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attacks are one of the most prevalent types of cyber attack, and their numbers are only climbing. DDoS attacks are large-scale incursions in which the perpetrator uses more than one unique source IP address (often thousands of them) to launch simultaneous attacks against a target. Organizations should be aware of this threat and on the lookout for the best DDoS mitigation methods.

In this paper by the Zero Trust Working Group, we advocate for Software Defined Perimeter (SDP) as a tool to protect private services from DDoS attacks. SDP is an architecture that provides integrated security, which is otherwise hard to achieve with existing security point products. SDP is efficient and effective against several well-known attacks, including HTTP Flood, TCP SYN, and UDP Reflection.

Key Takeaways:
  • An explanation of DDoS attack vectors and their layers and logical protocols according to the OSI and TCP/IP models
  • An overview of non-SDP mitigation methods
  • The steps for setting up an SDP configured as a DDoS defense mechanism
  • An explanation of three well-known attacks and how to use SDP to defend against them: HTTP Flood, TCP SYN Flood, UDP Reflection
  • A list of DDoS and other attack monitoring maps
Who It’s For:
  • People in security, enterprise architecture, and compliance roles within enterprises
  • Solution providers, service providers, and technology vendors
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Acknowledgements

Michael Roza
Michael Roza
Risk, Audit, Control, and Compliance Professional

Michael Roza

Risk, Audit, Control, and Compliance Professional

Since 2012 Michael has contributed to over 85 CSA projects completed by CSA's Internet of Things, Zero Trust/Software-Defined Perimeter, Top Threats, Cloud Control Matrix, Containers/Microservices, DevSecOps, and other working groups. He has also served as co-chair of CSA's Enterprise Architecture, Top Threats, and Security-as-a-Service working groups while also serving as the Standards Liaison Officer for IoT, ICS, EA, SECaaS, and Cloud Ke...

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Shamun Mahmud
Shamun Mahmud
Senior Research Analyst, CSA

Shamun Mahmud

Senior Research Analyst, CSA

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Juanita Koilpillai
Juanita Koilpillai
Founder & CEO, Waverly Labs

Juanita Koilpillai

Founder & CEO, Waverly Labs

Juanita Koilpillai is Founder and CEO of Waverley Labs, a pioneer in software defined perimeters (SDP) and digital risk reduction solutions. She has 30 years’ experience researching and developing systems in computer security, network management and real-time distributed software. She leads the open source software-defined perimeter (SDP) effort for ‘black’ apps in the cloud with the Cloud Security Alliance and is an active contributor to N...

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Nya Murray
Nya Murray
CEO of Trac-Car and Verviam IDaaS

Nya Murray

CEO of Trac-Car and Verviam IDaaS

Nya is a key contributor to the Zero Trust working group and author of several position papers published by CSA’s Software-Defined Perimeter working group. She is the CEO of Trac-Car and Verviam IDaaS and a senior information and communications technology (ICT) cloud cyber security and identity management consulting architect. Nya cons...

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Jason Garbis
Jason Garbis
Principal and Founder, Numberline Security

Jason Garbis

Principal and Founder, Numberline Security

Jason Garbis is Founder and Principal at Numberline Security, a consulting firm providing Zero Trust Security education and advisory services. Jason is the author of Zero Trust Security: An Enterprise Guide, co-chair of the Zero Trust Working Group at the Cloud Security Alliance, and is a frequent contributor to and speaker at industry conferences. Jason holds a CISSP certification, has a BS in Computer Science from Cornell, and an MBA from...

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