Strayer CIS502 Basic Web Server Application Attacks Paper

CIS 502 Basic Web Server Application
Attacks Paper
Assignment 1: Web Server Application Attacks
Due Week 2 and worth 50 points
Web server application attacks are common in today’s digital
information sharing age. Understanding their implications, vulnerabilities, and
safeguards is paramount as our demands on e-Commerce and the Internet use have
increased exponentially. The following document titled “Guidelines on Securing
Public Web Servers”, may be used to complete the assignment. Analyze the
Justice Department Website article titled “How was the Justice Department Web
site attacked?”.
Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:
1. Examine three (3) common Web application vulnerabilities and attacks, and
recommend mitigation strategies for each.
2. Describe an architectural design to protect Web servers from a commonly
known Denial of Service (DOS) attack.
3. Based on your research from the Justice Department Website:
a.
Examine the motivations of this type of attack.
b.
Identify the tools and techniques that you would have used in this attack and
why.
c. Determine if Web server application attacks are as easy to carry out as they
seem.
4. Suggest the best mitigation or defense mechanisms against Web
server application attacks on federal government Websites in the future.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources outside of the suggested resources
in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as
quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or
school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional
instructions. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover
page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page
length.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are: Define common and emerging security issues
and management responsibilities. Evaluate an organization’s security policies
and risk management procedures, and its ability to provide security
countermeasures. Use technology and information resources to research issues in
security management. Write clearly and concisely about the theories of security
management using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.Click
here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.