Preventive Security
Critical Thinking: Preventive Security (30 points)
Denial of service and distributed denial of service attacks are not new. There are a host of different preventive security controls an organization can implement to mitigate the losses associated with these attacks. Identify an effective security control plan to minimize the likelihood of a successful denial of service attack against a network
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course name: CS-666: Advanced Principles of Cyber
Course Materials Required: Easttom, W. C. (2016). Computer security fundamentals (3rd ed.). Indianapolis, IN: Pearson. ISBN: 978078975746
Answer preview
Preventive mechanisms aim at blocking entry points that an attacker might use to perform a denial of service or distributed denial of service attacks. Most organizations struggle to minimize the likelihood of this attack from happening because if they happen there might be a huge loss. The best way to deal with denial of service attack is by preventing it from happening. Prevention must be effective throughout because attackers keep on upgrading attack attempts with new technologies. Therefore, denial…
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