Eldad Chai
Bio:
Mr. Eldad Chai has over 10 years of experience in telecommunications and internet security technologies working with start-ups and large technology companies. As VP Products, Mr. Chai is responsible for the company’s strategy and execution and also leads the security research and operations team. Prior to that, he formed Incapsula’s sales team as Director of Sales. Before joining Incapsula, Eldad was Product Manager for Imperva’s Award Winning Web Application Firewall where he lead the development and launch of the innovative ThreatRadar technology. Eldad holds a M.Sc and a B.Sc in Communications System Engineering from Ben-Gurion University.
DDoS Attacks: peeling the onion on one of the most sophisticated ever seen
Abstract:
Taking down a competitor’s website can be very valuable. Unlike Hacktivists, with generally short attention spans, or regular cybercriminals, who usually give up when faced with adequate protection, these well-funded attacks persist over time, and employ multiple, sophisticated vectors. This session will review a real case study defending against one of the largest, most sophisticated and persistent DDoS attacks. These include: Networking Capacity, Client Classification, Whitelisting /Blacklisting /Crowdsourcing, Challenge mechanisms, Anomaly detection and the secret sauce…
