6: Article Review - Denial of Service

Assignment Instructions

Research via the internet and find recent news article regarding denial of service attack, or distributed denial of service attack.  Summarize the article using at least 500 words.  The key to this assignment is to demonstrate your understanding of the topics, not to re-word the text or reference material. Please see Appendix A for the grading rubric on all written assignments. Please complete the scenario below following these guidelines for your deliverable.

• Your assignment must be a minimum of 2 pages double spaced, plus a title page and a reference page for a total of 4 pages.
• Make sure you are using at least two (2) academic references.
• This submission should be created following APA 6th edition guidelines.
• The paper is to follow the APA style guide, Sixth Edition (available via bookstores).
  • Also refer to APA’s online resources: http://apastyle.apa.org/learn/tutorials/basics-tutorial.aspx
  • and the APUS web site: http://www.apus.edu/Online-Library/tutorials/apa.htm
• Submit your assignment as a MSWord attachment.
• You will be required to run your paper through Turnitin.com, ensure that your similarity index is sufficiently low, and submit an originality report with your paper. 

Rubric for Grading:  1. Code Hacking, Denial of Service Attack, or Dstributed Denial of Service Content 50%  2. Writing Conventions (Grammar and Mechanics)10%  3. Organization of Ideas/Format 500 Words 30%  4. Source (APA Format) 10%