Inside the Security Mind: Making the Tough Decisions

Direct Object Defenses

Having looked into physical, internal, and perimeter defenses, an organization should further layer its security by focusing on individual servers and devices. Since enemies come from everywhere, inside, outside, above, and below, we can never be sure where an attack will originate. This means that we cannot simply rely on the perimeter firewall or a motion alarm system; individual objects within the organization must have their own security applied, thereby layering our security efforts. These security measures may provide for a third line of defense for someone attacking from the Internet, or may even be the first line of defense for someone hacking from an internal network.

Similar to when we looked at perimeter network ...