Chapter 1. Network Security Axioms

This chapter covers the following topics:

• Network Security Is a System

• Business Priorities Must Come First

• Network Security Promotes Good Network Design

• Everything Is a Target

• Everything Is a Weapon

• Strive for Operational Simplicity

• Good Network Security Is Predictable

• Avoid Security Through Obscurity

• Confidentiality and Security Are Not the Same

Appear at points which the enemy must hasten to defend; march swiftly to places where you are not expected. —Sun Zi, The Art of War

[The U.S. military must] adopt a new “capabilities-based” approach—one that focuses less on who might threaten us, or where, and more on how we might be threatened and what is needed to deter and defend against such threats. ...

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