Summary

This chapter focuses on malware, but not malware in a single location. Most hackers realize that users don’t rely on a single machine anymore and many users employ four or even more systems to interact with your ML application. Consequently, securing just one system is sort of like locking the barn with a truly impressive lock, but then forgetting to close the shackle. It’s essential to consider the bigger picture and ensure that you have looked into securing all of the systems that a user may own, including personal systems.

The most important takeaway from this chapter is that classifying malware is a difficult process best left to security professionals. The job of the administrator, DBA, manager, data scientist, or other ML expert is to convey the potential risks to a security professional and come up with a good solution to secure the application as a whole from whatever location the user might access it.

Classifying malware means ensuring that you...