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Attack surface determination

Attack surface determination

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Attack surface determination

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- In this lesson, we're exploring ways to determine the attack surface. Let's begin with an architectural review. According to CompTIA, threat modeling architecture reviews are a critical aspect of attack surface determination. These reviews focus on assessing the structural design of systems and applications to identify potential security risks. Architecture reviews are essential for several reasons. One, proactive security. This is identifying flaws early in the design phase, helping us reduce the risk of costly and complex fixes later. Then, improve compliance. For example, using frameworks like NIST and OWASP and then reducing the attack surface. By addressing architectural design flaws, we can minimize potential entry points and then reducing the attack surface. By looking at design flaws, our architecture review can help minimize potential entry points for attackers, reducing the system's overall exposure to different threats. This process involves analyzing the design and…

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