Cybersecurity, A-Z: A Is For Active Cyber Defense

(First in a continuing series.)

Active Cyber Defense, or ACD, is a broad category encompassing different kinds of actions that organizations can take to defend against breaches and cyberattacks. The operative word is "active." Conventional security against breaches tend to involve anti-virus software, encryption, and other perimeter defenses that act to prevent outsiders from coming in to your organization's systems. ACD tools are different, and involve anticipating, planning, proactively executing cyberdefense actions. Such actions can take on many forms. Decoys, for example, are fake systems that can stymie would-be attackers. Honeypots are treasure troves of false information that can lure attackers and provide them fake information including fake credentials wasting their time or even, in some cases, permitting organizations to identify where attacks are originating. Technology companies offering cybersecurity...

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