# DDoS Protection Imperva’s advanced DDoS protection defends against volumetric, protocol-based, and Layer 7 attacks, ensuring fast mitigation and business continuity with a 3-second SLA. ## Comprehensive DDoS mitigation for Layer 3, 4, and 7 attacks DDoS attacks can disrupt operations, slow performance, and lead to costly downtime. Without fast mitigation and proactive defense, organizations risk losing revenue and facing significant recovery costs during an attack. Imperva helps ensure your business stays online and protected. ### Ensure business continuity Every second counts when defending against a DDoS attack. Imperva prevents downtime with fast and effective mitigation for all DDoS attacks and a guaranteed 3-second mitigation SLA for Layers 3 and 4 DDoS attacks. ### Reduce costs Every hour of downtime costs organizations tens of thousands of dollars in lost business and recovery costs. Imperva ensures business continuity with no performance impact. ### Optimize performance When under DDoS attack, increased bandwidth usage slows performance and drives up costs. Imperva gives you peace of mind that attack traffic will be blocked at the edge, meaning no need for extra bandwidth. ## DDoS mitigation for unmatched performance Imperva provides a consistently fast time to mitigation for all types of DDoS attacks, ensuring your network stays protected with minimal downtime. For added assurance, we offer a guaranteed SLA of 3 seconds or less for DDoS attacks targeting Layers 3 and 4, delivering industry-leading protection against volumetric and protocol-based threats. ## Adaptive protection against Layer 7 DDoS attacks Imperva’s Application Security platform offers seamless self-onboarding and management, allowing users to easily configure and adjust DDoS protection settings through a self-service portal. Once set up, the platform’s fully-automated DDoS protection neutralizes threats without manual intervention, ensuring continuous defense even in on-demand mode. ## Global network for high-speed, low-latency traffic management Imperva’s extensive global network ensures 95% of the world experiences sub-50 millisecond latency, delivering rapid, reliable performance even during DDoS attacks. Utilizing advanced Anycast routing and real-time capacity management, traffic is dynamically optimized across the most efficient paths, ensuring minimal latency and enhanced network speed. ## Seamless compatibility with any Internet Service Provider Imperva’s DDoS Protection is fully ISP-agnostic, meaning it works seamlessly with any Internet Service Provider. ## DDoS Protection DDoS attacks are increasingly sophisticated and often automated, leading to significant financial and reputational damage from even brief downtime. Imperva DDoS Protection provides fast, scalable defense against advanced attacks, ensuring your operations remain available. ## The DDoS Threat Landscape in 2024 ### 111% increase in DDoS attacks mitigated by Imperva ## Ensure protection against the most sophisticated DDoS attacks Looking for DDoS protection? Imperva offers advanced, multi-layered DDoS protection with three robust options to defend against the rising number, size, and complexity of DDoS attacks. Ensure your business is secure with comprehensive DDoS mitigation strategies. ### Website Protection Always-on protection automatically detects and mitigates application layer DDoS attacks targeting your websites, APIs, and applications. ### Networks Protection Imperva DDoS protection for networks safeguards critical network assets by providing seamless, automated DDoS mitigation. ### Individual IP Protection Always-on protection safeguards your internet-facing websites or services hosted on individual IPs, whether on-premises or in the cloud. ## Website Protection ### Protect websites from volumetric DDoS attacks Imperva DDoS Protection for Websites works alongside our cloud web application firewall (WAF) to block attacks and malicious bots. By routing all HTTP/S traffic through our secure proxy, we mask your origin server’s IP and filter out DDoS traffic. ## Networks Protection ### Mitigate network DDoS attacks in 3 seconds or less Imperva DDoS Protection for Networks shields entire infrastructures with 13 Tbps of multi-terabit scrubbing capacity and high-capacity packet processing, instantly mitigating even the largest DDoS attacks—typically within 1 second. ## Individual IP Protection ### Defend IPs with Layer 3 and 4 DDoS protection Imperva DDoS Protection for Individual IPs is designed to safeguard specific IPs from network layer 3 and 4 attacks. ## Comprehensive application security Imperva DDoS protection is seamlessly integrated into the Imperva Application Security platform to protect applications and APIs anywhere, at scale. ## DDoS Protection FAQs - #### I am under DDoS attack. How can Imperva help? If you are currently under a DDoS attack, click the [Under DDoS Attack](https://www.imperva.com/under-ddos-attack/) button on our homepage to reach our DDoS Mitigation team. - #### How does Imperva DDoS Protection minimize downtime during an attack? Imperva’s DDoS Protection automatically detects and mitigates attacks in real-time. - #### Will using Imperva DDoS Protection increase my bandwidth costs? No, Imperva’s solution prevents the need to scale up bandwidth by automatically blocking attack traffic. - #### What types of attacks does Imperva DDoS Protection mitigate? Imperva mitigates a wide range of DDoS attacks, including both Layer 3/4 and Layer 7 attacks. - #### How does Imperva minimize the number of false positives? Imperva minimizes false positives by leveraging advanced machine learning algorithms that analyze traffic patterns. - #### What is the difference between Always-On and On-Demand DDoS Protection? Imperva Always-On DDoS Protection provides continuous, real-time monitoring and mitigation against DDoS attacks. - #### How does Imperva notify me of a DDoS attack? Imperva provides instant attack notifications through various channels, including email, SMS, and a mobile app. - #### Can Imperva DDoS Protection integrate with my existing security infrastructure? Yes, Imperva DDoS Protection seamlessly integrates with leading Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems. - #### What are Ransom DDoS Attacks and how can Imperva protect against them? Ransom DDoS (RDoS) attacks occur when cybercriminals threaten to flood your network with a DDoS attack unless a ransom is paid. - #### What are ReDoS Attacks and how can Imperva protect against them? Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) attacks exploit vulnerabilities in regular expressions.