ConceptsAttack Surface Reduction

Attack Surface Reduction

Shrinking the number of ways an attacker could get in by removing or disabling unnecessary services, features, accounts, and exposure, so there is simply less to attack and defend.

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Attack surface is the set of places where an attacker could try to enter, influence, or abuse a system.

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