With the rise of cyber-attacks on cloud systems globally, Cloud Service
Providers, Data carriers, and hosting providers are forced to consider the novel
challenges posed and requirements for attacks and, more specifically, DDoS protection
in large hosting environment setups. This chapter proposes using a multi-tiered
network design based on a Hybrid cloud solution comprising an On-premise solution
and a public cloud infrastructure capable of handling hurricane-sized DDoS storms.
Keywords: DDoS, Hybrid Cloud, Multi-tier, Network Firewall Three-tier, Web Application Firewall.
