Why ‘Free’ DDoS Protection Can be the Most Expensive

What those service providers don’t tell their customers, however, is that this free protection can end up being the most expensive, should you come under attack.

DDoS attacks frequently result in loss of availability, loss of customers, abandoned shopping carts and loss of reputation, so the upfront savings in protection can lead to much larger costs down the road.

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Free (or low cost) DDoS protection is frequently offered by connectivity and computing providers, who bundle it together with their infrastructure services. This typically includes ISPs, CDNs, and public cloud infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) providers.

However, there are several key areas in which ‘free’ DDoS protection frequently falls short of dedicated security services.

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There is no way around it: when you buy something for free (or very cheap), you usually get what you pay for.

The main concern of infrastructure service providers is selling their core computing services such as internet connectivity, content distribution, or cloud computing. From their point of view, DDoS protection is a loss leader to enable higher sales. Consequently, they frequently provide only the simplest, most basic protections which cost them the least.

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