Domain 7 Systems and Application Security

MALCODE, ALSO KNOWN AS malicious code or malware, can be found running rampant on Windows and other operating systems today. System administrators are no longer protecting the perimeter of a network but managing an ever-porous network constantly under attack from within and by external actors.

In 2014, a major enterprise environment suffered a large-scale botnet attack with hundreds of infected hosts appearing within the network. Multiple acquisitions and merging of networks left the network vulnerable to attack. No clear chain of command and control (C&C) for security measures existed within the global network. The bot attack was able to significantly disrupt the business due to the most basic of ...

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