DDoS Resiliency Score (DRS)
The DDoS Resiliency Score (DRS) is an open standard, which provides an objective yardstick for measuring, comparing, and assessing DDoS threat and protection levels at individual companies and across industries. Using the DRS scores, you can:
- Identify your company’s DDoS threat level, based on your industry.
- Evaluate your DDoS protection by identifying the type of DDoS attacks you should be able to withstand.
- Compare your current DDoS protection level to the protection of other companies in your industry.
The DRS defines seven ascending levels of DDoS attacks. Each level introduces an increased threat, with additional types of attacks, more sophisticated attack vectors, and increased traffic volumes.
For example, at level 4 (“sophisticated”), network, web and DNS attacks are carried out at volumes of up to 5 gigabits per second (GBPS), 4 million packets per second (PPS), or 200K transactions per second (TPS). Level 4 attacks, and even higher, are quite common in the financial industry.
Determine Your Protection Level with the DRS Score
Following our DDoS simulation testing, we provide a detailed report that includes a DRS score, indicating your current protection level and recommendations for hardening. The DRS score allows you to clearly evaluate the improvement in your DDoS protection.
