CASE STUDY - The Massive DDoS Attack on New Zealand Exchange(CONCLUSION)

Conclusion

To conclude, from the digital forensics aspect, as common at it may be DDoS attacks should not be taken lightly; the NZX could have handled the situation a lot better. Attacks like this always occur and it is sometimes up to the digital forensic experts to deduce the root causes. The significance of this research is the proof that having a robust name server is a good thing and that DDoS attacks should not be taken as a low risk as it could cause great harm to various companies and people. Having good cloud providers and CDN services could also greatly help businesses and organisations in avoiding such attacks.