Attack Prevention Tools and Techniques

IT security practitioners must understand how to implement effective countermeasures to defend against malicious code attacks. They must also continuously monitor, test, and improve these countermeasures.

Defense in depth is the practice of layering defenses into zones to increase the overall protection level and provide more reaction time to respond to incidents. It combines the capabilities of people, operations, and security technologies to establish multiple layers of protection, thus eliminating single lines of defense and effectively raising the cost of an attack. By treating individual countermeasures as part of an integrated suite of protective measures, you can ensure that you have addressed all ...

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