Summary
This chapter, Practical Guide to Defense in Depth, expanded on the risk-based security strategy introduced earlier by diving into the multilayered approach to security. This chapter emphasized the importance of security across various domains (network, application, data, and so on) and highlighted the arsenal of available security controls within each.
We covered in-depth knowledge of these controls, empowering you to strategically select and integrate them into your organization’s security framework. In essence, this chapter equips you with the tools and understanding to translate a risk-based security strategy into a tangible, layered defense for your organization.
Key takeaways
- Security is a chain, and the weakest link breaks it.
- A defender needs to be successful every time; an attacker just needs to get lucky once.
- Each defense layer makes it more complex and expensive for an attacker to break in.
- Implementing multiple layers of security...
