ISPs could provide the answer to combatting DDoS attacks according to BT, providing customers with DDoS mitigation at a price far cheaper than buying it in directly. According to Mick Creane, Head of Managed Security Strategy at BT, ISPs are in a unique position to be able to make DDoS mitigation affordable for its customers, and it’s something BT is already considering. ‘We’re looking at technology in the core of our network that would direct traffic through a “scrubbing centre”. He said DDoS mitigation would be sold as an add-on to its business packages, and the effectiveness of it would be written into a service level agreement.