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Submitted by jian89· Mar 5, 2026Security Operations
Question
A company receives an email threat informing of an Imminent Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack targeting its web application, unless ransom is paid. Which of the following techniques BEST addresses that threat?
Options
- ADeploying load balancers to distribute inbound traffic across multiple data centers
- BSet Up Web Application Firewalls (WAFs) to filter out malicious traffic
- CImplementing reverse web-proxies to validate each new inbound connection
- DCoordinate with and utilize capabilities within Internet Service Provider (ISP)
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Topics
#DDoS mitigation#incident response#ISP capabilities#web application security