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Security
DDoS Protection
Distributed Denial of Service
Emergency services are availability-critical. DDoS controls must distinguish hostile floods, misconfiguration, scan noise and legitimate surge traffic after major incidents. Overblocking can be as dangerous as underblocking.
Traffic surge
->Filtering/scrubbing
->Allowed emergency sessions
->Operational alert
What it does
DDoS protection helps keep emergency networks reachable during traffic floods and hostile activity.
DDoS controls protect emergency interfaces and service functions from overload.
How it works
- Filters abusive traffic before it reaches emergency service functions.
- Uses rate controls, scrubbing, segmentation and monitoring.
- Escalates unusual conditions to operators.
Key interfaces and protocols
- BCF
- Firewalls
- Scrubbing services
- Monitoring/SIEM
Systems it interacts with
- Security
- BCF
- Network segmentation
- ESInet
- Resilience
Common failure modes
- Real emergency surge looks like attack traffic.
- Attack saturates upstream links.
- Mitigation strips SIP headers.
- Operators lack emergency-specific runbooks.
Implementation considerations
- Tune controls with emergency traffic patterns.
- Keep upstream contacts and escalation current.
- Exercise surge and attack scenarios.
Standards
- Operational security practices
- ETSI NG112 resilience context
Related NG112 technologies
Related country deployments
No country deployments are listed here until independently verified against official or high-confidence sources.
Related articles
Sources
- 112: the European emergency number - European Commission, accessed 2026-08-31
- Directive (EU) 2018/1972 establishing the European Electronic Communications Code - European Union, accessed 2026-08-31
- Emergency communications - BEREC, accessed 2026-08-31
- Next Generation 112 and the new Emergency Services Networks Landscape - EENA, accessed 2026-08-31
- ETSI TS 103 479 deliverable directory - ETSI, accessed 2026-08-31
- ETSI TS 103 480 deliverable directory - ETSI, accessed 2026-08-31
Last verified: 2026-08-31
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