DDoS attacks are getting smarter and more frequent and we are hearing about a resurgence in ransom-driven threats. If your site is attacked, your business and your customers can suffer. This is why at WP Engine we are committed to delivering enterprise grade security to our customers and have embedded security best-practices throughout all of our products and services. In this session, you will hear from Casey Raim, Product Manager, Michael Smith, Senior Technical Architect and Sarah Wells, Product Marketing Manager all from WP Engine about what we deliver to our customers and best practices for what you can do to ensure that your site (regardless of where you are hosting) is the most secure.

2. Why Protection From DDoS Attacks is
Critical For Your Business
Michael Smith
SR. TECHNICAL
ARCHITECT,
WP ENGINE
Sarah Wells
PRODUCT
MARKETING
MANAGER,
WP ENGINE
Casey Raim
PRODUCT
MANAGER,
WP ENGINE

3. DDoS Attacks
Are On The
Rise
LARGEST KNOWN
DDoS ATTACKS
bits/second
packets/second
requests/second
SOURCE: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/identity-security/identifying-and-protecting-against-the-largest-ddos-attacks

4. Three Types of Attack

5. Volumetric
Target
Bot
Attacker
!
DNS Resolver
!
DNS Resolver
!
DNS Resolver
!
DNS Resolver

6. Protocol Layer
Target
Bot
Attacker
Spoofed SYN Packet
Spoofed SYN Packet
SYN-ACK
?
SYN-ACK
?
SYN-ACK
?
SYN-ACK
?

7. Application
Layer
Target
Bot
Attacker
Bot
Bot
HTTP GET/index.php

8. Enterprise Security
Layer 7 DDoS Protection
Managed WAF
Argo Smart Routing
Advanced Network
Layer 3&4 DDoS
Protection
Managed SSLs
Security
Solutions at
WP Engine
Advanced
Network
Enterprise
Security

9. Thank You
Michael Smith
SR. TECHNICAL
ARCHITECT,
WP ENGINE
Sarah Wells
PRODUCT
MARKETING
MANAGER,
WP ENGINE
Casey Raim
PRODUCT
MANAGER,
WP ENGINE