A layered security approach for detecting malware cyber-attacks is the current “go-to” way to defend both network perimeters and individual endpoints. But layered security doesn’t accomplish much unless it triggers an appropriate and effective response.
Typically for the stand-alone layers, the local independent countermeasures of each layer are not enough unless they are consistent with pre-planned responses specific to the enterprise network being defended. Active anticipation of potential cyber-attacks and how to respond is key. As Edmund Burke once said: “Better to be despised for too anxious apprehensions, than ruined by too confident security”. Read more
