Article Summary Week 4
Network security is a concern that every company needs to worry about. Most companies are attacked by malicious hackers and automated malwere on a daily basis. There are an abundance of tools that can be used to prevent attacks but one method in particular is very easy and cost effective to implement. Security by obscurity is something that all administrators should look into using as another part of their arsenal to defend against attack. This isn’t to say that this should be the only defense technique implemented but it should complement existing computer defense strategies.
The basic idea behind security by obscurity is that an administrator can take some very simple steps to hide vulnerable systems. For example, the author suggests that the names used for administrator accounts and servers should be changed to less noticeable names. Instead of naming a Windows administrator’s account “Administrator” change it to a generic user name that may or......
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