Denial of Service (DoS) Hardening Audit

The goals of the ERE DoS hardening audit are to:

• make the electronic network less susceptible to attacks which block traffic and render the network  unavailable to communicate over the Internet.
• reduce the recovery time from an attack.

Non Disruptive Assessment
Key elements of an ERE DoS hardening audit are to :

• Perform sensitivity analysis to identify assets and resources to be protected from attack.
• Identify vulnerabilities to DoS in network architecture and Internet interconnectivity.
• Identify omissions in policy about DoS.
• Identify lack of compliance to policy in IT and IT security processes.

Make recommendations for:

• changes to policy, including working with ISPs and law enforcement.
• improvements in policy compliance and security processes, including disaster avoidance and disaster recovery plans with ISPs.
• network architecture.
• acquiring anti – DoS technology.