DISTRIBUTED Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks have unfortunately proliferated at an exponential rate over the years — with more than 9.75 million separate attacks carried out in 2021. These threats impose a heavy toll on enterprises far beyond the financial cost of the ransomware — loss of revenue during downtime, reputation damage, legal repercussions from security negligence and potential exposure to larger cyberthreats.

Against this backdrop, Richard Yew, senior director Product Management for Security, Edgio, shares with The Manila Times deeper insights on mitigating cyberattacks, the latest trends in the application security space and building up cyber resilience in the face of rapidly evolving threats.