Chapter 17: Achieving Automation of Security Tools
"Most of the time people don't realize the benefits of Automation for being afraid of the myth, "Automation will replace the human," but what really Automation represents is the highest level of maturity and excellence."
– Desilda Toska, Dottore Magistrale and Automation leader
Most attackers leverage automation tools and techniques to enhance the reach of their attacks. Therefore, you must understand the importance of automation so that you can also take advantage of it to better secure your infrastructure.
Additionally, you must understand the different types of automated attacks that compose the threat landscape so that you can plan your defenses against them.
In fact, I am sure that you are familiar with several automated attacks such as spam and distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, but here, we will review the top 21 automated attacks to better understand this threat, which...
