Article_Review_Denial_of_Service.docx Article Review - Denial of Service ISSC 363 Dis

Article_Review_Denial_of_Service.docx    Article Review - Denial of Service  ISSC 363  Distributed Denial of Service  Rouse (2013) defines distributed denial of service as œan attack in which multiple compromised computer systems attack a target, such as a server, website or other network resource, and cause a denial of service for users of the targeted resource. The illegitimate traffic denies legitimate traffic from accessing the system, gradually slowing it down and even causes the system to crash from time to time.   In February 2020, Amazon Web services (AWS), one of the most popular Amazon.com services, was attacked by the largest distributed denial of service (DDOS) ever recorded. The attacked was recorded at 2.3 terabytes per second (Tbps). AWS is a subsidiary of Amazon.com that offers on demand cloud computing and APIs to individuals, corporations, government agencies and metered-pay-as-you-go basis. As such, it is one busy service which is required to run without any malfunctions which could affect the ability of these businesses to effectively operate. Additionally, any downtimes create lost sales for Amazon.com and the companies that use this platform.   Information regarding the attack on the platform was provided by the companys AWS shield threat landscape. However, for purposes of security, the entity attacked by the DDOS was never revealed. The attackers used the Connectionless Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (CLDAP) Reflection. Normally, this technique works by exploiting third-party server