Anchor Hospital Security In
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ent Report Incident Report #:
IT4070-A.
Incident Reported Date: 11/18/23
Incident Reported Time: 12:00 AM EST
Technician Assigned: Janie Craig
Incident Details
Incident Location: Anchor Hospitals Users Systems
Attack Type:
Denial of service
Internal Systems Likely Affected: All employee systems and all systems within the Anchor Hospital network have been affected by
the DoS attack. Containment Steps Taken:
Dropping spoofed packages can help counter the DoS attack. Having a DoS attack can assist in as it
happens fixing the potential damage if necessary that the DoS attack may have caused. Using the proper detection and protection software can assist in stopping and mitigating the attack. Implementing bandwidth limitations can assist in preventing the attack and overwhelming the network. Countermeasures Deployed: Using the proper firewalls and ensuring they are properly configured and regularly updated can assist in the issue. Device cloaking and device cloaking firewalls can help with countermeasures for a DoS attack. Using IDS and IPS can detect and then prevent and deny suspicious servers. Recommended Noncountermeasure Control to Mitigate Future Attacks: Using load balancing and distributing traffic across multiple Anchor Hospitals servers. We can also limit the rate of traffic so it can be stopped hopefully before it reaches the target. 1
