{"id":404,"date":"2026-03-08T12:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T11:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/?page_id=404"},"modified":"2026-03-12T10:50:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T09:50:38","slug":"use-case-block-ddod-attack","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/?page_id=404","title":{"rendered":"Use case: Block DDoS attack"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cybersec3 FG Platform: DDoS attack, how it automatically blocks the attack [SC1]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F3-Y4v51zD0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">DDoS Attacks &#8211; Platform automatically mitigates attack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Description<\/strong>: this use case shows how the platform can identify an incoming DDoS attack and activate mitigation procedures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Scenario<\/strong>: an incoming DDoS attack occurs and creates an overload on a webserver. If not mitigated it will cause services to go down and deny legitimate users access to resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Solution<\/strong>: model an Observer on the platform to enable overload detection. When the event occurs the platform will activate a so called &#8220;alert level&#8221; and execute the code associated to that specific level. Notification of the event will occur and when the attack is mitigated the alert level will be reset to normality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DDoS Attacks &#8211; Platform automatically mitigates attack Description: this use case shows how the platform can identify an incoming DDoS attack and activate mitigation procedures. Scenario: an incoming DDoS attack occurs and creates an overload on a webserver. If not mitigated it will cause services to go down and deny legitimate users access to resources&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":123,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"wp-custom-template-single-use-case","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-404","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=404"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":405,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/404\/revisions\/405"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/123"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cybersec3.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}