Friday, December 19, 2014

Another short-n-sweet advice from Schenier - Lessons from the Sony Hack


If one can condense the wisdom from an entire book then this article would be it.




From the Article

To understand any given episode of hacking, you need to understand who your adversary is, I've learned to separate opportunistic attacks from targeted ones.

You can characterize attackers along two axes: skill and focus


Security is a combination of protection, detection and response. You need prevention to defend against low-focus attacks and to make targeted attacks harder. You need detection to spot the attackers who inevitably get through. And you need response to minimize the damage, restore security and manage the fallout.

Follow this link for additional details:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/12/lessons_from_th_4.html

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