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Fenton committee declines Spectrum DDoS add-on after IT and insurer say it won’t lower premiums
Summary
City technology staff described Spectrum’s DDoS protection and said it would speed mitigation of an attack but would not directly reduce the city’s cyber premium; the committee declined to purchase the $600-per-month add-on at this time.
The Fenton Board Committee discussed a Spectrum-distributed-denial-of-service (DDoS) protection subscription for municipal internet service and decided not to purchase the $600-per-month option at this time.
Jacob from ENT explained that DDoS protection deflects volumetric attacks that flood network connectivity. "Any security control that you're willing to pay for to implement is a good security control and good practice," Jacob said, but…
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