How Much Does a DDOS Attack Cost a Data Center?

"DDoS-spurred outages cost an average of $822,000 to mitigate, second only to the $959,000 it cost to fix outages caused by IT equipment failure. By comparison, outages caused by accidental human errors -- one of the most common triggers -- cost companies an average of $380,000," InformationWeek 12/13.

"DDoS attacks have become one of the most common triggers of data center outages, causing 18% of those experienced at the 67 U.S. data centers that participated in the study...but it's unusual for a data center to be the real target of an attack--it's more often a case of collateral damage."

http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-generation-data-center/servers/ddos-attacks-wreak-havoc-on-data-centers/240164503