Security & DevSecOps
Practical
By Samson Tanimawo, PhD
Published Jan 26, 2026
4 min read
DDoS Protection Patterns 2026
DDoS attacks evolve. The 2026 defenses.
Layer 3/4
AWS Shield, Cloudflare, Akamai.
Volumetric attacks.
Layer 7
WAF rules. Rate limiting per endpoint.
Application-level.
Test
Regular drills. Verify the alarms fire and mitigations engage.
Untested = theatre.