Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are very common, and if successful, they can have a hugely detrimental impact on an organization's service operation. Depending on the scale of the DDoS attack, it can render an entire website unavailable, and for e-commerce retail businesses, this could cost them significant losses in sales.
In this chapter, we will be looking at DDoS and how you can leverage AWS Shield to help protect your infrastructure from these malicious attacks. We will look at the differences between the two different tiers supported by Shield and how you can utilize the services of the AWS DDoS Response Team (DRT).
This chapter will focus on the following:
- Understanding DDoS and its attack patterns
- Protecting your environment using AWS Shield
