AZ-900 Episode 24 - Cheat Sheet

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  • Describe Azure DDoS Protection
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DoS - Denial of Service

Cyber-attack with intent to cause temporary or indefinite disruption of service

DDoS - Distributed Denial of Service

DoS attack that is originating from multiple servers

Azure DDoS Protection

• DDoS protection service in Azure
• Designed to
  • Detect malicious traffic and block it while allowing legitimate users to connect
  • Prevent additional costs for auto-scaling environments
• Two tiers
  • Basic – automatically enabled for Azure platform
  • Standard – additional mitigation & monitoring capabilities for Azure Virtual Network resources
• Standard tier uses machine learning to analyze traffic patterns for better accuracy