DDoS attacks ramp up

IT teams must evaluate their readiness
It is imperative that data center operators determine how prepared their team is for a DDoS assault. Readiness for such attacks can be complicated by the fact that the data center itself is not typically the target of the digital intrusion. It's the cascading failures set off by a DDoS attack that threaten data centers, said Network Computing. The tangential nature of these data center failures makes them harder to predict and track, forcing IT teams to rely on forensic experts if they hope to follow the DDoS attack to its source. Even worse, DDoS attacks have been ranked among the most costly causes of data center outages.

Multiple solutions increase resiliency against DDoS
Since isolating a single source or cause for DDoS attacks against a data center is near impossible, overinvesting in a single redundancy strategy can spell havoc for a company that depends on its data center. Deploying a number of resiliency-boosting solutions provides IT teams with a better chance at bouncing back after a DDoS attack. For instance, remote console servers make it simple for companies to backup their data center on redundant hardware in a separate location. By creating extra barriers between the location of the attack and a company's backup storage, IT teams can improve their defenses against downtime.

Perle's wide range of 1 to 48 port Perle Console Servers provide data center managers and network administrators with secure remote management of any device with a serial console port. Plus, they are the only truly fault tolerant Console Servers on the market with the advanced security functionality needed to easily perform secure remote data center management and out-of-band management of IT assets from anywhere in the world.