Assignment
Lessons learned from the Mirai Botnet attack of 2016 Research the history of the attack and those responsible. What did this exploit? Why was it so much more effective than previous BotNet designs? What kind of mitigations would you recommend for protection?
You will be writing a research paper in the following format using APA guidelines:
INTRODUCTION
• State the research question you are trying to answer (You will pick 1 of 3 available as a group)
• State why the question is important
• State the issues involved
• State why we should be concerned with resolving whatever issues are involved
• State how answering the question will help us
• State the implications and consequences of dealing with or resolving the issues involved
REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE
Identify who has tried to answer the question before by doing the following:
• Summarize how each of the sources presents and deals with the subject
• Explain how each source presents and deals with its findings or results
• Explain the relevancy of each source to your research question
• State what you learned from each of your sources
• State in what way(s) each source contributes to answering your research question
DISCUSSION
State your answer to your research question
State how and elaborate on how, explain how, illustrate how each of the sources you previously reviewed help you answer your research question
State what questions about your topic you still have that your sources may not have answered
CONCLUSIONS
State the conclusions regarding your topic you have reached from having surveyed, interpreted, evaluated the literature
Indicate how each of the sources have contributed to your conclusions (and clearly, accurately, correctly document those sources within your text)
State the implications of your conclusions
State what might be the possible consequences of your conclusions
State the social significance these implications and consequences might have
The response should include a reference list. Double-space, using Times New Roman 12 pnt font, one-inch margins, and APA style of writing and citations.