Group 1 - The threat of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks is increasing, with 35% of global CIOs considering DDoS mitigation crucial for their network security defenses, and 20% planning to increase investment in DDoS mitigation [1] - In 2024, the market size for public cloud DDoS protection in China is projected to be approximately 2.3 billion RMB, reflecting a year-on-year growth of 5.5% [1] - Major players in the competitive market include China Telecom, Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, Huawei Cloud, and Wangsu Science and Technology, which have achieved notable results in overseas markets [1] Group 2 - The market size for DDoS hardware security products in China is expected to reach around 680 million RMB in 2024, with a year-on-year growth of 2%, indicating a slowdown in growth [3] - Key competitors in the DDoS hardware security market include Huawei, Green Alliance Technology, Deep Technology, China Internet Security, and New H3C Group [3] Group 3 - The growth rate of DDoS protection products and services is slowing down, while there is an increasing occurrence of T-level DDoS attacks, intelligent DDoS attacks, and ransom attacks using DDoS, leading to higher user demands for DDoS protection capabilities [5] - Future DDoS products and services that are cloud-native, intelligent, platform-based, integrated, and service-oriented are expected to be favored by users [5]