Chapter 8

Challenges and Countermeasures

This chapter is solely dedicated to building multilayer defenses to protect against targeted attacks. The protection layers include user-centric security, end system security, vulnerability assessment and patch management, network monitoring, and strong response plan. This chapter also presents the need and importance for building next-generation defenses to fight against ever evolving sophisticated malware.

Keywords

Next-generation Defenses; Cyber Attacks Countermeasures; User Centric Security; Network Level Security; System Level Security

In this chapter, we discuss existing challenges faced by the industry in preventing targeted cyber attacks. In addition, we also present countermeasures and solutions that ...

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