DDoS Readiness Checklist

Preparation determines how quickly you recover from a DDoS attack. Use this checklist to assess your readiness.

Know your critical services

• List public-facing services: websites, portals, APIs, VPN gateways, mail servers.
• Identify their IP addresses and hosting locations.
• Rank them by business impact.

Protection in place

• Confirm DDoS protection covers your internet links and critical IP addresses.
• Use a CDN or cloud protection for websites.
• Deploy a web application firewall for application-layer attacks.

Baselines and monitoring

• Understand normal traffic levels for each service.
• Set up monitoring and alerts for unusual spikes.

Contacts and escalation

• Keep provider security and NOC contacts readily available.
• Document internal roles: who decides, who communicates, who works technically.

Response plan

• Write a simple playbook covering detection, notification, mitigation and communication.
• Include steps for switching to backup services if needed.

Communication templates

• Prepare messages for customers, staff and partners explaining service disruption.

Infrastructure resilience

• Avoid single points of failure in DNS, hosting and connectivity.
• Use redundant links where possible.

Testing

• Conduct tabletop exercises with your team and provider.

After an attack

• Request incident reports and review lessons learned.

The bottom line

A ready business recovers faster. Work through this checklist with your provider and update it regularly.

Learn more about DDoS Business Protect from UbiFi, or talk to our team.