DDoS Attack on the Australian Bureau of Statistics Census Website: A Critical Analysis
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Running head: CYBER SECURITY IN ORGANIZATIONSCyber Security in OrganizationsName of the student:Name of the University:Author note:
1CYBER SECURITY IN ORGANIZATIONSExecutive SummaryThe report below does critical analysis of the DDoS attack scenario on the Australian Bureauof Statistics census website. The literature is surveyed and possible reasons for the attack totake place shall be identified and explained. Both, the government’s and IBM’s role in theprojects will be criticized with close relation to the policies and technicalities. Later, feasiblesolutions are to be provided for the organization’s benefits.
2CYBER SECURITY IN ORGANIZATIONSTable of ContentsIntroduction................................................................................................................................3The DDoS attack on ABS census website.................................................................................3Causes of the DDoS attack Debacle in ABS Census Website...................................................4Lack of Proper Testing...........................................................................................................4Lack of Geo-blocking mechanism.........................................................................................5Failure to have tested a router restart or have a backup synchronization process in place....5Limited tender process...........................................................................................................5Measures to mitigate such problems in the future.....................................................................6Measures to be taken by the Managements............................................................................6Technical measures................................................................................................................7Conclusion..................................................................................................................................8
3CYBER SECURITY IN ORGANIZATIONSIntroductionThe Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is defined as an attempt that iscapable of disabling an online service. In this form of attack, the online server isoverwhelmed with traffic from various sources, thus making the server crash and disallow themain users to access (Zargar, Joshi & Tipper, 2013). Attackers such as these tend to targetpublic domain websites or organizations with an aim to inject harassment and hence create aridicule out of it. They generally attack major banks and government websites (Darwish Ouda& Capretz, 2013). This presents a critical challenge to the respective cyber securityrespondents to make sure that the public can once again access and furnish information on thewebsites. In this report, one such DDoS attack scenario is to be discussed in detail with keenattention to the case study of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) census website. Thereport shall further help to identify the gaps in the decisions taken by the management thatmight have led to this scenario. Later, an improvement plan is to be crafted and presented thatshall benefit any organization to fruitfully conduct their work and business.The DDoS attack on ABS census websiteOn 8 August 2016, the main event day of Australian census, the Australian bureau ofStatistics census website was subjected to numerous crashes. The government agencyclaimed that the website crashed due to a chain of four consecutive Distributed Denial ofService attacks. Reports also claim that each attack was of varying severity and nature. Thefirst three attacks had reported minor disruptions in the functioning of the system. Millions ofAustralians could not access the website. However, about 2 million Census forms were stillsubmitted irrespective of the crash. Agencies also claim that these entries, that were madeduring the crash period was safely stored and the public must not worry. Nevertheless, thiswas not just the end of the road for the DDoS attackers; they launched another attack after
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