Distributed denial of service (DDoS)
nounid
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A type of attack that makes a computer resource or resources unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DDoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a group that intends to affect an institution's reputation by preventing an Internet site, service, or application from functioning efficiently.
MWE
Classifications
Entity Type
Threat90%rule-basedr:entity.threat.attack.v1
Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- plural
- Distributed denial of service (DDoS)s
- possessive
- Distributed denial of service (DDoS)'s
- pluralpossessive
- Distributed denial of service (DDoS)s'
Framework definitions
Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council (FFIEC) IT Examination Handbook Infobase, Glossary1 senseview framework →
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- A type of attack that makes a computer resource or resources unavailable to its intended users. Although the means to carry out, motives for, and targets of a DDoS attack may vary, it generally consists of the concerted efforts of a group that intends to affect an institution's reputation by preventing an Internet site, service, or application from functioning efficiently.
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