DDoS attacks against top U.S. banks are a wake-up call for organizations ill-prepared to fight against such an attack. Matthew Scholl, deputy chief of the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s computer security division, says an organization’s defense against distributed denial-of-service attacks begins at its borders. Scholl characterizes a DDoS attack as a back-and-forth game to see who can flood who faster and who gets shut down quicker. A government-industry partnerships could help diminish the impact of these digital assaults.”]
Source: https://www.healthcareinfosecurity.com/how-best-to-respond-to-ddos-attacks-a-5283