Best Practice Detail

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Network Operators, Service Providers, and Equipment Suppliers should design equipment to survive significant increases in both packet count and bandwidth utilization. Infrastructure supporting mission critical services should be designed for significant increases in traffic volume and must include network devices capable of filtering and/or rate limiting traffic. Network engineers must understand the capabilities of the devices and how to employ them to maximum effect. Wherever practical, mission critical systems should be deployed in clustered configuration allowing for load balancing of excess traffic and protected by a purpose built DoS/DDoS protection device. Operators of critical infrastructure should deploy DoS survivable hardware and software whenever possible.

Status: Rollover New

References/Comments: Note: This Best practice could impact 9-1-1 operations.

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Network Operators
Service Providers
Equipment Suppliers
Cable
Internet/Data
Satellite
Wireless
Wireline
Cyber Security
Disaster Recovery
Emergency Preparedness
Intrusion Detection
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