1. Risk Assessment: Evaluate the potential impact of a DDoS attack on your business. 2. Redundancy and Load Balancing: Distribute traffic across multiple servers to prevent a single point of failure. 3. Traffic Analysis: Continuously monitor traffic patterns to detect anomalies. 4. Incident Response Plan: Develop and regularly update a response plan for DDoS incidents. 5. Engage with Experts: Collaborate with cybersecurity experts to stay ahead of evolving threats.