DDoS attacks against financial firms have continued to grow in size and frequency. Outages have prevented customers from opening new accounts, viewing account and billing information, conducting online transactions and accessing brand and product information. In other cases, DDoS defense measures have caused response times to degrade up to 30 to 50 seconds, making sites effectively down from an end-user perspective. Read this white paper to learn about the challenges and the impact of the attacks on financial sites and online services in the U.S.”]