DDoS attacks have been part of the landscape for so long that they can sometimes be overlooked as a threat. And because they are cyclical, an organization and its peers may not face an attack for years, making them easier to dismiss.

If you haven’t tested your mitigation capability recently – or been the victim of an attack – you probably don’t know how well you can detect and respond to one, which could put your organization at risk.

But in important ways, DDoS attacks are changing as attackers try new strategies and techniques. Malicious actors have assembled larger botnets to launch larger sustained attacks and adopted quick-moving “carpet bombing” attacks against multiple targets in serial to evade detection. They constantly explore new attack vectors that can exploit different vulnerabilities, and they seek to do more damage than simply bring down a victim’s website.

3x more DDoS attacks? Yes, and there is no slowdown.