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Practical Security
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Practical Security

by Roman Zabicki
February 2019
Intermediate to advanced
134 pages
3h 36m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Minimizing the Cost of Credential Loss

Credentials such as keys and passwords, by their nature, are extremely valuable to attackers and difficult to work with securely. Of course we do our best to keep them safe, but what if we fail? Is there anything we can do to soften the blow?

Consider this serious-looking equation:

Cost of Lost Credential == Likelihood of Loss x Value of Lost Credential

The rest of this book addresses the first term—lowering the likelihood of a successful attack. That’s good; that’s where we should focus most of our efforts. But we should prepare for the worst. Let’s assume that some day, despite our best efforts, we lose control of our credentials. Since we can’t 100% guarantee that we’ll never lose credentials, we should ...

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