CHAPTER 7
Mitigating Controls for Attacks and Software Vulnerabilities
In this chapter you will learn:
• How common attacks may threaten your organization
• Best practices for securing environments from commonly used attacks
• Common classes of vulnerabilities
• Mitigating controls for common vulnerabilities
The attacker only needs to be right once, but defenders must be right all the time.
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The threat of a cyberattack is a fact of life in our connected world. As new vulnerabilities are discovered, attackers will often look to take advantage of them using custom and/or commodity tools. Given the scale of these threats, operating in a strictly response capacity, or not at all, is not a prudent option. Protecting your organization’s ...
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