How to Stop a DDoS Attack with Effective Mitigation and Prevention Software

Monitor event logs from a wide range of sources to detect and prevent DDoS activities

Detect communication with command and control servers

DDoS attacks are performed by botnets, which infiltrate systems around the world. A botnet of a few hosts is relatively harmless, but a botnet comprised of thousands of machines represents a very powerful force capable of bringing down targeted organizations. 

SolarWinds Security Event Manager (SEM) is built to leverage community-sourced lists of known bad actors to more easily identify interactions with potential command and control servers. This is accomplished by consolidating, normalizing, and reviewing logs from a wide range of sources, including IDS/IPS, firewalls, servers, authentication services, and workstations.

Respond in real time with rule-based event correlation

Botnets work by overwhelming legitimate online services to the extent that the online service can't handle the volume of activity and is effectively offline for the duration of the attack. A botnet can lie dormant until it receives instructions from the command and control servers.

SEM is designed with automated responses that can range from sending an alert, to blocking an IP, to actually shutting down an account. These options are easily configurable using checkboxes and do not require extensive custom scripts, helping ensure suspicious system activity doesn’t go unnoticed.

Investigate the breach with forensics tools

Logs and events captured by SolarWinds SEM are built to be encrypted, compressed, and recorded in an unalterable read-only format. This repository of logs represents a single source of truth that can be leveraged in post breach investigations and DDoS mitigation. 

Searches in SEM are designed to be easily customized to filter for specific timeframes, specific accounts or IPs, or combinations of parameters. With a simple drag-and-drop UI leveraging simple Boolean logic, you can easily build queries to search in SEM without the need to use grep or regex.

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Security Event Manager

  • Detect malicious activity between command and control servers and botnets using a list of community-sourced bad actors.
  • Respond in real time to suspicious activity or communications.
  • Determine the full extent of compromised security using integrated forensic tools.
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