Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook

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How Can Systems Be Secured?

System security is not a thing; it’s a process—the process of building a barrier

between the network and those who would do it harm.The key is to make your

barrier more difficult to cross than someone else’s. In other words, IT security

involves creating a deterrent to convince a would-be-intruder or attacker that

your system is more difficult to breach than some other system. However, if an

attacker specifically wants to breach your security perimeter, given enough time,

he or she will be able to do so.

Crime prevention officers tell residents at neighborhood watch meetings that

there is no way to make a home ...