Summary
After understanding the current threat landscape, defender's perspective, a live attack simulation, and the root cause of security failure, it seems very clear that there is no silver bullet for data breaches and other advanced targeted attacks. Adversaries are changing their weapons and tactics in regard to the changes in technology and business processes, and with this, defenders are aggressively exploring various security tools. It is also clear that attackers do not need to be sophisticated to perform a sophisticated data breach; they simply have to be opportunists. With the open source tools and free online reconnaissance platforms available, threat actors are able to discover assets and their corresponding vulnerabilities.
In the next chapter, you will learn about some effective ways to deploy cyber security systems.
