{"id":38708,"date":"2016-10-22T20:21:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-23T01:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/salvadorahedo.wordpress.com\/?p=83"},"modified":"2016-10-22T20:45:53","modified_gmt":"2016-10-23T01:45:53","slug":"security-countermeasures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc2027fall2016\/syndicated\/security-countermeasures\/","title":{"rendered":"Security Countermeasures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"syndicated-attribution\"><em> --Originally published at <a href=\"https:\/\/salvadorahedo.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/23\/security-countermeasures\/\"><a href=\"https:\/\/salvadorahedo.wordpress.com\">Computer and Information Security<\/a><\/a><\/em><br \/><\/p>\n<p><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-82\" src=\"https:\/\/salvadorahedo.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/10309558175_69937a03a1_b.jpg?w=474\" alt=\"10309558175_69937a03a1_b\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc2027fall2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/c5ad94bb6c8297fa7a0c7f81389cc46c.jpg 474w, https:\/\/salvadorahedo.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/10309558175_69937a03a1_b.jpg?w=948 948w, https:\/\/salvadorahedo.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/10309558175_69937a03a1_b.jpg?w=150 150w, https:\/\/salvadorahedo.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/10309558175_69937a03a1_b.jpg?w=300 300w, https:\/\/salvadorahedo.files.wordpress.com\/2016\/10\/10309558175_69937a03a1_b.jpg?w=768 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\"   \/><\/p>\n<p>A security countermeasure is an action, process, device or system that can prevent or reduce the effects of threats that attempt to compromise a system.\u00a0Countermeasures can be software, hardware or through behavior.<\/p>\n<p>Some examples of software countermeasures are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Firewalls.<\/li>\n<li>Anti-virus.<\/li>\n<li>Pop-up blockers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There are several implementations of hardware countermeasures:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alarms.<\/li>\n<li>Routers that can block IP addresses.<\/li>\n<li>Physical restrictions to systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Finally some behavior countermeasures are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Deletion of cookies.<\/li>\n<li>Backing up data.<\/li>\n<li>Installing security updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Photo by:\u00a0\u00a9 Crown Copyright 2013\u00a0Photographer: L(Phot) Dave Jenkins<br \/>\nImage 45156167.jpg from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.defenceimages.mod.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.defenceimages.mod.uk<\/a><\/p><br \/>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/salvadorahedo.wordpress.com\/83\/\"><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc2027fall2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/e1c4b743451da5ee49960dc2a35bbb50-1.jpg\" \/><\/a> <img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/kenscourses.com\/tc2027fall2016\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/9a2fafec833c3e0b85bce7f6794dfe7d.jpg#038;blog=115207131&%23038;post=83&%23038;subd=salvadorahedo&%23038;ref=&%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8211;Originally published at Computer and Information Security A security countermeasure is an action, process, device or system that can prevent or reduce the effects of threats that attempt to compromise a system.\u00a0Countermeasures can be software, hardware or through behavior. Some examples of software countermeasures are: Firewalls. Anti-virus. 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