Azure DDoS Protection

Azure DDoS Protection is a service provided by Microsoft Azure that helps protect your applications and services from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks. DDoS attacks are malicious attempts to overwhelm a target application or network with a massive volume of traffic, causing service disruptions and making the application inaccessible to legitimate users.

Azure DDoS Protection offers the following key features and benefits:

1. **Always-On Protection:** Azure DDoS Protection is automatically enabled and provides continuous protection for all Azure resources, including Virtual Machines, Azure App Services, Azure Load Balancer, and Azure Application Gateway. It offers real-time monitoring and mitigation of DDoS attacks.

2. **Global DDoS Mitigation Network:** Microsoft operates a large-scale, global network of DDoS protection infrastructure. When a DDoS attack is detected, traffic is diverted through Azure's DDoS mitigation network, where it is scrubbed to identify and filter out malicious traffic before it reaches your application.

3. **Layered Protection:** Azure DDoS Protection uses a multi-layered approach to defend against different types of DDoS attacks, including volumetric attacks, protocol attacks, and application layer attacks. Each layer of protection is designed to identify and mitigate specific types of threats.

4. **Real-Time Monitoring and Reporting:** Azure DDoS Protection provides real-time monitoring and reporting through Azure Monitor. You can view DDoS attack metrics and receive alerts if an attack is detected.

5. **Custom Protection Policies:** You can fine-tune DDoS protection policies to suit the specific needs of your application. Azure DDoS Protection Standard allows you to create custom traffic rules, set threshold levels, and define traffic limits.

6. **Dedicated Protection for Virtual Networks:** With Azure DDoS Protection Plan, you can opt for dedicated DDoS protection for your Virtual Networks, providing enhanced protection for resources within the Virtual Network.

7. **Application Layer Protection:** Azure DDoS Protection provides application layer protection through Azure Application Gateway, which can detect and mitigate HTTP and HTTPS DDoS attacks.

8. **Automatic Mitigation:** When an attack is detected, Azure DDoS Protection automatically initiates mitigation measures without any manual intervention, ensuring that your application stays available even during an attack.

Azure DDoS Protection helps safeguard your applications and services from a wide range of DDoS attacks, protecting the availability and performance of your critical resources. By leveraging Microsoft's vast network and expertise in handling DDoS attacks.

Azure DDoS Protection allows you to focus on building and running your applications without worrying about DDoS threats impacting your services.