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  • 1.  Security Assessment

    Posted 02-03-2023 03:36
    Edited by Jose Yero 02-03-2023 04:14
    I have this report, I currently have a WAF Cloud and On Premise product and my question is how do I validate the DDoS score.


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  • 2.  RE: Security Assessment

    Posted 02-07-2023 04:43
    Hi Jose,
    The details in the report generated by your cloud waf have also the recommendations.

    Are you on-boarded website policies have the DDoS turned on? 

    TNX,
    A

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  • 3.  RE: Security Assessment

    Posted 02-14-2023 14:19
    Edited by Jaired Anderson 02-14-2023 14:24

    Hi Jose,

    I'm not certain which report specifically you're referring to, but I have an idea.

    If it's the one I am thinking of, it's because you're still using the default values for the DDoS threshold within the Cloud WAF.

    For documentation on the DDoS thresholds, please see:

    ·         https://docs.imperva.com/bundle/cloud-application-security/page/settings/ddos-settings.htm

    The peak request per second (RPS) for each site can be reviewed within the performance dashboard. Select "Last 90 Days" for the time range and ensure "Avg. RPS" is selected.

    The peak RPS will be displayed as in Figure 1 below.

    The best practice is 3 ½ times the peak. For example, if peak RPS is 100 request per second we recommend 350 RPS as a good starting point.

    However, we don't recommend going lower than 150 RPS regardless of how the math works out for a low volume site. (E.G. 3 RPS x 3.5 = 10.5 in this scenario still set the threshold to 150)

    Ideally, we would have performance/load test numbers against the origin to which we could align.  

    An average web server can handle approximately 200 to 250 concurrent request per CPU core.



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