SC-5(2) Capacity, Bandwidth, and Redundancy
Control enhancement of SC-5 Denial-of-service Protection
Control
Manage capacity, bandwidth, or other redundancy to limit the effects of information flooding denial-of-service attacks.
Discussion
Managing capacity ensures that sufficient capacity is available to counter flooding attacks. Managing capacity includes establishing selected usage priorities, quotas, partitioning, or load balancing.
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