Hackers Beware

General Tips for Protecting a Site

This book has covered a wide range of exploits and specifics that can be used to fix each exploit. In this final chapter, I will summarize six key points that must be done to have a proper level of security. No matter how large or small your organization is, these tips are critical to having a secure infrastructure:

• Defense in depth

• Principle of least privilege

• Know what is running on your system

• Prevention is ideal but detection is a must

• Apply and test patches

• Regular system checks

When it comes to security, everyone is looking for the silver bullet—the one technology that will solve all of a company’s security problems. Guess what? It does not exist. Like anything in life, there is no free lunch. If you want ...