A Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is when cybercriminals overwhelm a website, server or online service with huge volumes of traffic from many compromised devices at once. The goal is to make systems slow, unreliable or completely unavailable to genuine users. For UK businesses, a successful DDoS attack can mean staff unable to work, customers unable to access portals, and reputational damage at exactly the wrong moment. Attacks are often launched against remote access portals, VPN gateways and public‑facing websites, and are sometimes used as a distraction while other attacks, such as data theft or ransomware, are carried out.
GoodChoice IT helps UK organisations defend against DDoS by combining well‑configured firewalls, traffic‑filtering, rate‑limiting and upstream protection from cloud providers. We review internet‑facing services, implement content delivery networks and web application firewalls where appropriate, and ensure incident‑response plans are tested so your team knows exactly what to do if performance drops unexpectedly.
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